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HISTORY 

of the 



FRANKFORT 
CEMETERY 



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By 
L. F. Johnson 

1921 




Book _ ..-l-E 



HISTORY 



OF THE 



FRANKFORT CEMETERY 



By L. F. JOHNSON 
1921 




ROBERTS PRINTING CO. 
FRANKFORT. KY, 






COPYRIGHTED 1921 
By L. F. JOHNSON 



FEB I I 1922 






TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page. 

Preface 5 

Chapter 1 — 

The Incorporation 9 

Report of Legislative Committee 11 

State Monument 13 

Theodore O'Hara 23 

Chapter 2— 

Lots Purchased by State 27 

Revolutionary Soldiers and Others Buried in State Lot 27 

Chapter 3 — 

Other Prominent People Buried at Frankfort 35 

Chapter 4 — 

The Names and Location of Noted People, Offices Held by 

Them, or Other Incidents Worthy of Note 55 

Summary of National and State Officers 61 

The Natural Scenery of Grounds, &c 62 

Chapter 5 — 

Revolutionary Soldiers 66 

The War of 1812-1815 66 

Soldiers of Mexican War 67 

Confederate Soldiers of Civil War 68 

Federal Soldiers of Civil War 71 

Spanish-American War 73 

Soldiers of World War 73 

Trustees of Cemetery Company 74 



PREFACE 



We elierish the memory of the sokhers who ^j^iwe their 
hve.s to the service of this country and who have thus secured 
for tlieir native State an honored name among the states of the 
Nation. 

We rejoice that so many of tlie officers and men who won 
lasting fame for Kentucky during the wars in which this 
republic has been engaged, and who laid down their lives in the 
defense of their country, have been removed to the State's 
beautiful necropolis, and that they now rest in the bosom of 
their native State and their bodies have become a part of the 
earth for which they gave their Uves. We rejoice tliat our 
fathers have preserved in granite and marble the names of 
those men who fell in the defense of this country, and by so 
doing they testified to the world their regard for Kentucky's 
gallant dead. We are also proud of those great Kentuckians 
wliose virtues and faithful service in civil life ''are lamps unto 
our feet and lights unto our path." Their purity of life, their 
wisdom and their patriotism make their dust the most sacred 
heritage of a patriotic people. 

All the nations of the earth have honored, and have 
striven to perpetuate, the memory of their great and good. The 
Jews carried with them the bones of Joseph, their benefactor, 
during their wanderings through the wilderness, while in search 
of the Promised Land. The pyramids of Egypt are monuments 
to the great men of an early civiHzation. 

The ceremonies over the remains of the departed and the 
manner of disposing of the dead have differed among different 
nations, but all nations have rendered homage to, and have 
honored in some way, their departed heroes, and no people 
have ever arisen to power or greatness who have not striven 
to perpetuate the memory of their great men and women. No 
nation, whether barbarian or civilized, has failed to show some 



6 PRKFAtK 

iiiiirk?? of respect and honor for tlieir distinguished dead. W'c 
are told that tlie harharians turned aside the course of a river 
in order that their chieftain, Ah\ric, might be buried in the 
bed of tlie river, and the water changed again to its natural 
course so tliat no foe could desecrate the grave of their hero. 

For half a century the people of Kentucky searched for a 
secure and permanent place in which to deposit the ashes of 
their loved and honored dead. Their efforts were finally 
rewarded and the ideal place which is now used for that pur- 
pose was secured in the year 1845. 

Tt is eminently proper that the mortal remains of these 
distinguished men should l-e gathered from all parts of the 
earth, and that they should find a last resting place in Ken- 
tucky's ^CITY OF THE DEAD," which overlooks the capitol 
of the State. Our fathers have erected here the monumental 
columns iiixtn which have been inscribed the names and deeds 
of Kentucky's noted sons, in order that their children in all 
time to come may make their pilgrimage to this holy shrine, as 
did the knights of old to the Holy Eand ; that they may read the 
History of Kentucky as it has been carved in marble and 
granite. The i»ens of Xeno[)hon and Herodotus, of Livy and 
Tacitus, have made innnortal the names of Greek and Roman, 
who deserve less from ])ostority than do many of the great men 
who now sleep in the necropolis of this Connnonwealth. 

Kentncky has iiiade this cemetery her temple of honor, 
and the mortal remains of her great men have been gathered 
from the State and Nation and from foreign countries, until 
these grounds liavc become tlie Yery Resting Place of Honor — 
The Westminster .\bl)ey of this Commonwealth. 

They who conceived the idea of collecting into this ceme- 
tery the ashes of Kentucky's distinguished dead conferred a 
lasting benefit upon those who came after them, in that it pre- 
sented to their minds those conspicuous examples of patriotism 
and virtue which are worthy of emulation. The coming genera- 
tions of this Commonwealth will regard a burial in the State 
Cemetery at Frankfort as the most distinguished honor which 
can be conferred upon their dead, and they will covet such 
lionor as did the English Captain who said to his men as he went 



PREFACE 7 

into battle, "Now then for a victory or a tomb in Westminster 
Abbey." We know not what the future has in store for us, but 
we know tliat we are going the way of all the earth, that "Be- 
yond the dim unknown standetli God within the shadow, keep- 
ing watch above his own." 

When we think of the so-called "death" of our great and 
good, we lia\e a counsciousness that men like these never die; 
death to them is but a circumstance in their existence. We have 
a consciousness of their immortality that they are still with us 
in spirit; they revisit the scenes of their earthly activity and 
commune with kindred spirits. We believe that in a brighter 
and better world we shall meet and know them ; that they will 
all live again ; yes, tliat they do now live, for tliere is no deatii. 

"There is no death, but Angel forms 

Walk o'er the earth with silent tread; 
They bear our best loved things away, 

And then we call them dead. 
But ever near us though unseen 

Their dear immortal spirits tread, 
For all the boundless universe 

Is life. — there are no dead." 

— The Author. 




KENTUCKY'S NECROPOLIS 



CHAPTER I. 

THE INCOKPOKATION. 

The l''rankfort or State Cemetery was incorporated by xVct 
of the Kentucky Legislature, approved February 27th, 1844. 
' Tlie incorpor;;tors were Echnund H. Taylor, A. G. Hodges, 
Henry Wingate, Mason Brown, Jacob Swigert, A. P. Cox, 
Philip Swigert, Oi-lando Brown and M. R. Stealey.) The Act 
j>rovided that seven trustees should be elected l)y the share- 
holders, once every five years. The proc-eeds of the sale of lots 
and all money that came to the corporation from any other 
source should be applied, first, to the reimbursement of those 
who had made advancements for the original outlay and pur- 
chase ; and whatever should be paid afterwards, for all time to 
coine. should be used to ornament and improve the grounds 
and defray incidental expenses. The Frankfort Cemetery was 
the second incorporated cemetery in the United States. Mt. 
Aubui-n. at l>()ston, INhiss.. was the first. 

The .Act pi'()\ides that the grounds shall l)e used for burial 
purposes only, and that no roads shall be opened through the 
grounds. It |)re<cribes that in addition to their other duties 
the trustees shall preserve an accurate map and survey of the 
grounds and lots, and have the same recorded in the Clerk's 
office of the Franklin County Court, and also in the office of 
the Clerk of the Court of Appeals. It is made their duty to add 
such fixtures as may be necessary for the use or ornament of the 
grounds, with power to lay off aud sell burial lots, etc. 

When a burial lot is purchased the trustees shall give a 
certificate thereof, under the seal of the corporation, which 
shall vest the purchaser with title. Tf this title is not trans- 
ferred b}^ the grantee it shall descend or pass by devise as 
other real estate. 



10 HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 

Section 5 provide&: Any person defacing any of the tomb- 
stones, monuments or enclosures, or injuring any of the 
grounds, shrubbery, fixtures or buildings, or in any manner 
damaging the grounds of the corporation, shall be punished 
by fine or imprisonment and be liable to the corporation for 
civil damages. There was an amendment to this Act which 
I^rovided for the superintendent to reside on the grounds, and 
which vested him and other employees of the company with 
police power to arrest persons trespassing and committing 
depredations and offenses in the grounds. This was approved 
April 7th, 1888. 

On February 16th, 181."), Ambrose \V. Dudley and Eliza 
G. Dudley, his wife, conveyed to the Frankfort Cemetery Com- 
pany thirty-two acres of land, then known as ''Hunter's 
Garden,'"' the consideration for which was three thousand, 
eight hundred and one dollars. In the year 1911 the com- 
pany purchased from Mrs. Bessie L. Exum and others thirteen 
acres, for which was paid the sum of three thousand and 
twenty-five dollars. The grounds now consist of one hundred 
acres of land, the original cost of which was six thousand, eight 
hundred and twenty-six dollars. 

In the year 1890 the company erected a chapel at an 
expense of about seven thousand dollars. This building is of 
artistic design and is located on the brow of the hill overlook- 
ing the Kentucky liiver and the City of Frankfort. It adds 
materially to the beauty and convenience of the grounds. 

When the company secured the original tract of land it 
employed Mr. Robert Carmichael as landscape gardener. This 
gentleman was not only learned in his profession Ijut he also 
had several years' experience in Scotland prior to this employ 
ment. The symmetry and harmony which prevails every part 
of the.se grounds proclaim that a master mind had ])lanned the 
oriiiinal construction and embellishment thereof. 

In (he year 1919 the company reconstructed the approaxjh 
or driveway to these grounds at a cost of about six thousand 
dollars. About twelve inches of well prepared macadam was 
overlaid with about four inches of rock asphalt: this makes a 
substantial and beautiful drivewav. 



HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 11 

The location of these grounds is ideal. The contour of 
the land is sufficiently undulating to furnish a variety of 
scenery and at the same time it is level enough for the purpose 
for which it was set aside. Mr. Carmichael died in the year 
1858 and was huried in the grounds which he had done so 
iiiucli to beautify. 

In .Tanuar}', 1810, the books of the company were opened 
for the sale of lots, the deeds to only a very few of which have 
l)een recorded. 

In the year 1847 the Legislature of Kentucky, by resolu- 
tion, appointed a committee for the i)urpose of inquiring into 
the ]>olicy and expediency of causing a suitable monument to 
l)e erected at the jnost eligible point in Kentucky in honor of 
tlie officers and soldiers who have heretofore and who may 
hereafter fall in the defense of their country, and to mark the 
vesting ])lace of lier illustrious statesmen; also. re])ort the most 
suitable place to be selected in which Kentucky may deposit 
the ashes of her illustrious dead. 

The connnittee reported that in discharge of those duties 
thev visited the grounds of the Frankfort Cemetery, recently 
laid off and improved, on the hill immediately aljove the capitol, 
known formerly as "Hunter's Garden." They found it to be 
a spot of great beauty and remarkable f(U' its commanding 
situation and romantic and ])icturesque scenery. The grounds 
embrace thirty-two acres, enclosed by a secure and excellent 
fence of walmit and cedar, which affords perfect securily to 
the place, (rood buildings are provided within the enclosure 
for tlie superintendent, who constantly resides there, and whose 
duty it is to take care of the improvements that liave already 
been made and to superintend such as the c(»m|»any may think 
l)roper hereafter to make, to keep the grounds in neat and 
complete order and ])rotect the same from the slightest injury 
or trespiiss. Its high elevated situation. l)eing aljout three hun- 
dred feet above the Kentucky River, affords a fine and com- 
manding view of that stream which winds at the base of the 
liill or bluff. From a portion of this ground you have a view 
of the capitol and the greater portion of that part of the city 
of Frankfort north of the river, the whole of South Frankfort, 



12 msTom OK TIIF FRAXKFOKT CEMETERY 

tlie lirid.ue acros.- the Kentucky liivcr. and for many miles over 
the f-urroundinu country. 

The elevated dtuation of this point, the jturimse for which 
it lias l)een .set apart, consecrated and forever devoted and 
dedicated, the neat and tasteful manner in which it ha.s heeii 
imi)roved. ])oinl it out in the opinion of your committee as the 
mo.st eliiiilfle point that could he selected for the erection of u 
urand and splendid monument for the purpo.^e contemplated 
in the preamhle and resolutions; also the most suitahle place 
to he selected as a pul)lic huryinji ground for Kentucky. 

Your connnittee would further state that by the charter of 
the company it is forever set apart as a cemetery; no road can 
pass Ihrouiih it: it is not .subject to execution or sale; it can 
never be used for other purposes. It has been handsomely laid 
off into small l(>ts for the use of families, portions of which have 
been sold and handsomely enclosed. The |)roceeds arisins; from 
the <i\\e of the lots ore forever to be applied to the improve- 
ment an<l oiiiaiui'Mt of the .tirounds. 

The letter which Judge Mason Brown, as chairman of 
the Cemetery Company sent to the committee states: ''You 
will disco\er, by the cluu'ter of the company, that the Frankfort 
Cemetery is strictly a charitable and benevolent institution and 
wliolly free from speculation or gain. The sole object of the 
gentlemen who established it was a de.^ire that they and their 
friends might ha\c a secure, i)ermanent and beautiful spot in 
which to deposit the ashes of their dead; that while living they 
might have })ious hands keep the briars and weeds from the 
graves of those they loved, and when laid by their side, the 
same melancholy but consoling care might l)e bestowed upon 
them. The grounds of the cemetery embrace thirty-two acres. 
There will have been expended during this and the ensuing 
year, in the original ])iu'chase and improvements, the sum of 
twelve thousand dollars. Its romantic situation and imjn-ove- 
ments m;d<e it. as they believe, an interesting and beautiful 

S])Ot. 

1 am charged by the i-ompany to <tate that should it meet 
the \iews of your coinniittee they will cheerfully convey to the 
State the beautiful mound in the center of the grounds, which 



IIIsTOKY OF TliK FK\NK!'-()KT ("KMKTP.'RY 13 

i< .<n)liciently large for all Stale iturpo.'^es. The company is 
umvilling to receive any compensation for it now or at any 
future period. zVll tliat they would ex})ect or desire is that it 
be kept by the State in the same neat and simple manner in 
which the lots of jirivate individuals are kept, so as not to mar 
tlie Ijeauty of the place. I am also charged to say that should 
the T.eg'islature at any time hereafter desire any other ground 
on which to erect such a monument as is alluded to in your 
note and resolutions, the company will cheerfully give to the 
State any unoccupied spot in their grounds on which to erect 
same. (Signed) Mason Brown, Chairman Company." 

l)y an Act approved February 2~)th, 1848, fifteen thousand 
dollars was appropriated for the purpose: ''To erect a monu- 
ment to those who have fallen in defense of the country."" The 
mound on which the State monument is erected is known as 
"The State Mound." and also as ''The Bivouac of the Dead," 
so called l)y Theodore D'Hara in his poem which has gained 
national celebrity. "The Bivouac of the Dead." 

Mr. Robert E. Launitz. of New York, one of the most 
skilled workmen in America, was em])loyed to do the work; 
most of the carving was done in Italy. The material was 
shipped to Frankfort by way of the Mississippi River. A barge 
was sent to New Orleans bu' the i)urpose of receiving it directly 
from the vessel, and it was delivered at Frankfort without any 
injury. 

The monument rests on a base twenty feet square, made of 
Connecticut granite. INIany of the blocks of which the monu- 
ment is made weigh five tons each, the weight of the whole 
l)eing more than one hundred and fifty tons; the height of the 
monument i< sixty-five feet. The Statue of A^ictory which 
crowns the cohunn was placed in position in June, 1849. The 
material of the monument was imported from the noted quarry 
of C. Fabricotti Carrara, and it was considered the purest and 
richest monumental marble ever brought to America; at the 
time it was received it was free from all blemishes and was uni- 
form in color. Some of the blocks are now showing the effects 
of the elements to which they have been exposed for more than 
iialf a centiu'v. and some have become colored in ])laces. caused 



14 IllS'lORY OF THE FRANKFORT r-R^klETERY 

by the rust of tlie dowel pins which were used to hold the blocks 
in place. 

The Statue of Victory which crowns the work and the 
four eagles which guard the corners of the die were sculptured 
in Italy from the models prepared by Mr. Launitz. The other 
relief figures on the panels, (he coat of arms and the rest of the 
marble work was executed by Mr. Launitz in New York City. 

On the u])pcr base, facing the west, is the inscription. "The 
principal battles and campaigns in which her sons devoted their 
lives to their country are inscribed on the bands and beneath 
the same are the names of her officers who fell. The names 
of her soldiers who died for their country are too numerous to 
be inscried on any column." 

On the north side of the u}>i)er base is a tal)let on which is 
inscribed "Military Monument erected by Kentucky. A. D. 
1850." 

On the east side of the same is •■Kentucky has erected this 
column in gratitude equally to her oificei-s and soldiers." 

Facing the south is the coat of arms of Kentucky, with 
the motto of the 8tate: "United we .'^tand: divided we fall." On 
the bands are inscribed the names of twenty-two battles or cam- 
paigns and beneath these bands are the names <»f eighty-four 
officers who fell in l)attle. .\ bi()grai)hi('al sketch of these 
eightv-four men would give the history of Kentucky for more 
than half a century. 

The names of these officers are as follows: Beginning at 
(lie top band on the south side of the column are the words 
"Cerra (iorda;" on the panel below which there is no name. 
On the next l)and is "New Orleans," and the next below that is 
"Massissinaway," on the i)anel below neither of which is there 
inscribed any name. This shows tiiat no officer fiom Kentniky 
lost his life in any of the battles named. The next band is 
marked "St. Clair's Defeat." on the panel beneath which is the 
name of "William Oldham." Then follows: 

"Estill's Defeat" 

Capt James P^still 
Lieut. South 



BISTORT OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 15 

■'Tippecanoe" 

(^ol. J()!<ei)li PI. Daviess 
Col. Abrani Owen 
Capt. Jacob Warrick 

••Fort Meigs" 

Col. William Dudley 
Capt. John C. Morrison 
Capt. Christopher Irvine 
Capt. .Joseph Clark 
Capt. Thomas Lewis 

'•Blue Licks" 

Col. John Todd 
Col. Stephen Trigg 
Maj. Silas Harlan 
Maj. William McBride 
Capt. P](lward Bulger 
Capt. John Gordon 
Capt. Isaac Boone 

On the east side of the monument all the hands and panels 
(seven in number) are without name of battle or officer killed 
except the last or lowest one on the column which is marked 
''United States Navy." 

Lieutenant John (lunnell Talbot 

Drowned at Kalihikai 

December 19, 1870. 

Lieutenant Hugh Willson McKee 
Killed in Corea June 11, 1871. 

Master Alfred Force 

Drowned off Georgetown 

April 12. 1872 

"All in the peifdniiancr of duly." 



16 JIISTOin" (•!• TFIK FRANKFORT < KM K'l !• R V 

Just above the Imse is iii>crilic(l: 

By order of tlie Let^isilatiire 

Tlie name of Col. J. J. Hardin 

Of the l^t Regt. lUinoi.s Infant jy 

A son of Kentucky 

Who fell at the hattle of Buena Vista 

Is inscribed hereon. 

On tlie north side is: 

"Mexico'' 
Lieut. T. W. Be .well 

■'lionesborough ' 
Panel left without a name 

"'flarrnon's Defeat*' 
Capt. J. McMurtry 

"Wayne's Cani])aign" 
Col. John Hardin 

■'Monterey'' 
Mai. B. \. B.arl.(air 

"Buena Vista" 
Col. William B. McKee 
Lieut. Col. TTenrv Clay 
Capt. William T.'willis 
Adjutant L. B. \'au,uhn 

"Raisin'' 
Col. John Allen 
Maj. Benjamin (Graves 
Capt. John Woolfork 
Capt. N. G. 8. Hart 
Capt. James Meade 
Capt. Robert Kdwanls 



HISTORY OF THE FRANKFOET CEMETERY 17 

'■Raisin'" 

Capt. ^^ii'dl AleCracken 
Capt. William Price 
Capt. John Edmonson 
Capt. John Simpson 
Capt. Paschal Hickman 
Lieut. John Williamson 



On the west side is: 



'Thames" 



Col. William Whitley 
Capt. Elijah Craig 

"Indian Wars" 

CoL John 1^'Ioyd 
Col. Nathan Hart 
Col. W\alker Daniel 
Col. AA^illiam Christian 
Col. Richard Calloway 
Col. .Tames Harrod 

''Indian Wars" 

Col. AVilham Lynn 
Maj. Evan Shelhy 
Maj. Bland Ballard 
Capt. Christopher Irvine 
Capt. William McAfee 
Capt. John Kennedy 

"Indian Wars" 

Capt. Christ. Crepps 

Capt. Rogers 

Capt. AVilliam Bryan! 
Capt. Tipton 
Capt. Cha])man 
Capt. IMcCracken 



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"Indian Wars;!" 
Capt. Jamen Shelby 
Capl. Samuel (^rant 
Survr. Hnnck. Taylor 
Siirvr. Willis Lee 

'•Little Rig Horn" 

By order of the Legislature 

The name of Lieut. John J. Crittenden 

20" U. S. Infantry 

A brave Kentuckian who was 

Killed in the l)attle of 

'^Little Big Horn" 

On the 25" of June. 1876 

While performing his duty 

I? inscribed hereon. 

''Raisin" 
Lieut. Robert Logan 
Lieut. Thomas C. Graves 
Lieut. Thomas Overton 
Lieut. Francis Chinn 
Ensign Levi Wells 
Ensign Shawham 

"Raisin" 
Surgn. Alexander Montgomery 
Surgn. Thomas C. Davis 
Surgn. John Irvine 
Surgn. Thomas Mcllvane 

The base of the monument is made of granite, the founda- 
tion of stone and the column of Italian marble. The whole 
is inclosed by an iron fence to protect the column from vandals, 
sometimes called relic hunters. 

Tliere are four cannons placed near the monument, two 
of which were taken from the enemy at the battle of Biienn 
^^ista, both of which were spiked l)y the enemy before they were 



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."Surrendered. Tlie other two l)elonged to the State and were 
taken from the State arsenal. 

To the north of the State Monument is the tomb of Henry 
Clay, Jr., son of the great commoner. He was Lieutenant 
Colonel of t\vo Regiments of Kentucky Infantry. Near him 
on his left is the tomb of Cary H. Fry, Major of Second Ken- 
tucky Regiment; the next one to him on the left is that of 
Adjutant (4. N. Cardwell, and the last one in that row is Col. 
W. R. McKee. All of these officers fell while in the discharge 
of their duty at the battles of Buena Vista. 

To the south of the military monument are the tombs of 
Adjutant E. M. Vaughn of the First Kentucky Cavalry, and 
W. T. Willis, Captain of Second Regiment, both of whom were 
killed at Buena Vista. On the west side are the tombs of 
Ezekiel H. Fields. lieutenant Colonel of First Kentucky 
Cavalry, and .James W. Moss, who was Captain of Company 
"A" in the Mexican War, and in the Civil War he was Captain 
of Company '^A" C. S. A.; he was promoted to the position of 
Colonel. He was killed at the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia. 

Just north of the Clay tomb are two small markers ; on one 
is inscribed ''Lieutenant Colonel R. H. King, 3rd Kentucky 
Cavalry U. S. A. ; died June 8th, 1866." On the other is ''Capt. 
A. G. Bacon, Brd Kentucky Cavalry, U. S. A. ; killed at Sacra- 
mento, Kentucky, December the 28th, 1861, aged 42 years." 
Captain Bacon was killed in a hand to hand fight with General 
Bedford Forrest. The A. G. Bacon Post of the Franklin 
County G. A. R. was so named to commemorate his name. 

On the extreme north of the military mound is a monu- 
ment erected to the memory of Philip Norbourne Barbour, by 
Kentucky to her brave and noble son. He was brevetted for 
valor in the Florida War and brevetted Major for gallantry in 
the Mexican War. ''He fell at the head of his command, cov- 
ered with honor and glory at the storming of Monterey, Sep- 
tember 21st, 1846." 

Near the Barbour monument and just south of it is a small 
slab recently placed there by the Susanna Chapter of D. A. R., 
which marks the grave of "Lieut. Presley Neville O'Banion, 
who departed this life September 12th, 1850, aged 74 years." 



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HISTORY OP THE FRANKFORT CICMFTKRY 



This slab is about three feet long and eighteen inches wide. 
At the age of twenty he was l.ieutenant under Commodore 
Stephen Decatur to the Algerian Coast. Lieut. O'Banion lead 
the charge under Capt. Eaton, who was killed when the fif- 
teen i)irate ships were taken. O'Banion, with seven of his men, 
was the tirst to jump on shore and pull down the Algerian 
colors and raise the American colors. This took place at Dene 
Fortress. On his return to America he was regarded as the hero 
of the expedition. The city of I^hiladeli)hia gave him a gold 
mounted saddle and the women embroidered a white satin cover 
for it. Congress presented him a jeweled sword and had his pic- 
ture i)ainted. lie was in the Kentucky Legislature from 1812 to 
1820. His wife was a daughter of a Revolutionary soldier. 

Between the Barbour monument and the State Monument 
is a small stone marked: 

"Dr. .John (t. Keenon. Born in Frankfort. Ky., 

Oct. 2()th, 1827 

Commissioned Brigade Surgeon Oct. 9th, 1861 

Died in service at Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 12th, 1864 

Tie was Brigade Surgeon with rank of Major U. S. A." 

The following is a list of the Kentuckians who were killed 
in the different battles of the Mexican War. and whose remains 
were brought back and buried in the State lot. near the State 
Monument, at the exi)ense of the National Oovernment. to-wit: 



William If. Maxey Mexico 

Sergt. Henry AVolf Buena Vista 

James Seston Buena Vista 

Major Ui)dike Buena Vista 

Roljert Latta Mexico 

L. B. Bartlett Buena Vista 

John Spratt Mexico 

William Blackwell Buena Vista 
Ezra R. Price, Born Dec. 23, 

1817 ; Died July 7th, 1848 Mexico 

John Ellincwood Buena Vista 



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^Vbram Goodpaster 

Lieut. Ed. F. Hogg, 19 Ky. 

Vol. Iiift. Died Feb. 4th, 

1863; aged 24 years 
John Sanders 
Henry Edwards 
AV. C. (4reen 
Yves -I. Thorean 

Thorean was a Mexican who 
joined the U. S. forces 

and was killed the follow- 
ing day. 
C. B. Thompson 
Tilford McH. Dozier 
l'>noch Bronlon 
Oliver H. P. I^eard, Capt. of 

the 1st Regt. Ky. Vol. 

Died of wounds received 

at the battle of Buena 

Vista. 
•Tolui A. Scott 
Harvey Trotter 
Aml)rose H. Hampton, Died 

Dec. 25th, 1883, aged 69 

years. 
Cincinnattns Kaniey 
Thomas Weigert 
Clement Jones 
Henry Carty 
William Tliwait? 
William W. Bayles 



Buena Vista 



Buena 
Buena 
Buena 
Buena 



Vista 
Vista 
Vista 
Vista 



Buena 
Buena 
Mexico 



Vista 
Vista 



Mexico 
Buena 



Buena 
Buena 
Buena 
Buena 
Buena 
Buena 



Vista 



Vista 
Vista 
Vista 
Vista 
Vista 
Vista 



On the south side of the military grounds is a stone, in- 
scribed '"'0. W. Gilmore, a Lieut, in the Mexican War. Repre- 
sentative from Pulaski County 1850-1. Died in Frankfort, 
while serving as senator from the 17th District, May 7th, 1880, 
aged 56 years." 

Located on the southern part of the State mound is the un- 



22 I'IsroUV ()!■ TIIK l-i: VNKl'OUT CE-METKRY 

marked grave of an unknown ^Jexican ^^uldier. lie might be 
regarded as the "typical unknown" from FrankUn County who 
gave his Ufe foi- the honor of his country. The following is the 
story concerning tliis grave: When Captain Benjamin CavL- 
Milam, who is huried a short distance south of the State 
mound. wa< organizing his Franklin County Company of 
Cavalry for the Mexican war, a young man from Shelby 
County. Kentucky, made application to become a member of 
this company. I ul on account of his extreme youth the Captain 
refused to nnlist jiim : a few days later he renewed his applica- 
tion, his widowed mother came with him and joined in the re- 
quest and thereui)on he was enlisted; he manfully bore his part 
vf the toil and hardships of the cam])aign. 

When Captain Milam was ordered to charge the Mexican 
T.ancers at Beuna Vista he directed the boy to remain in a place 
of safety, but he begged to participate and said that he would 
be called a coward if he did not do his part; Captain Milam 
very rehictaiill>- yielded his consent and after the battle the boy 
was found on the battlefield pierced through by a Mexican 
lance, his body was returned with the other members of his 
Company who lost their lives at that battle, but by oversight 
or some unknown reason his grave was left unmarked. The 
foregoing is only tradition, but the grave is there unmarked 
and it has become the "typical unknown'' of the Mexican 
heroes who gave their lives for their ctmntry. 

fn the year Ifsol the T.egislature af Kentucky, by (-((iii- 
missioners. conti-acted with Mi'. Kobcrt 1''. Launitz for the erec- 
tion of a monument to the memory of Col. Richard Mentor 
Johnson and for which the State paid the sum of nine hundred 
dollars. At the time this work was completed it was con.sidered 
one of the most beautiful monumental structures in the United 
States and though the elements and vandals have greatly 
marred its beauty during the past half century, it still show? 
that a master in his art planned and executed the work. It is 
located at the extreme southern point of the military mound. 
It is made of Italian marble : the ba.«e is of granite on which is 
a sliaft about ten feet tall and four feet square. A good like- 
ness of Col. .Johnson is car\ed on the north side and cannons 



RISTOKY OF tub: FRANKFOKT CEMETERY 23 

are on each corner. On the east side is inscribed "Richard 
Mentor Johnson, l)orn at Bryan's Station, Kentucky, 1781; 
died in Frankfort, Kentucky, on the 19th day of November, 
1850. ■■ On the south side CoL Johnson is represented on horse 
back in the act of kilUng Tecuniseh. The Indian is on one 
knee faUing backward, with a tomahawk in his hand. 

On tlie west side is the following inscription: "To the 
memory of Col. liicliard M. Johnson, a faithful public servant 
for half a century, as a member of the Kentucky Legislature 
and Representative and Senator in Congress, author of the 
Sunday Mail Report and of the laws abolishing imprisonment 
for de1)t in Kentucky and in the Ihiited States; distinguished 
by his valor as a Colonel of a Kentucky regiment in tlie battle 
of the Thames: for four years Vice-President of the United 
States. Kentucky, his native State, to mark the sense of his 
eminent service in the cabinet and in the field, has erected this 
monument in the resting place of her illustrious dead." The 
shaft has a flag of stars and stripes around the top, falling to 
one side and ci-owned with a large .Vmerican eagle, which holds 
a laurel wreatli in its beak. 

• On the military mound south of the State monument is 
the tomb of a soldier, editor, lawyer and poet, with, the simple 
inscription of "Theodore O'Hara, Major A. D. C. ; died June 
the 8th. 1807," and of recent date there has been added the 
further inscription "Author of the Bivouac of the Dead." No 
othei' poem has ever been ^vritten that can stir to such depth 
the martial spirit of Kentuckians. 

Col. O'Hara was admitted to the bar in 1845 ; later he was 
appointed to a position in the Treasury Department at Wash- 
ington. He was a Captain of Volunteers in the army against 
Mexico, and on August 20th, 1847, was brevetted Major for 
gallant conduct in the battle of Contreras. He went with a 
filibustering expedition to Cuba, where he commanded a regi- 
ment. He became editor of the Mobile Register and was after- 
wards connected with the Louisville Sun and Frankfort 
Yeoman. He performed several diplomatic missions for the 
Federal Government and was prominent in the negotiations 
regarding the Tehuantepec grant. 



24 HISTORY OF TIIK FKANKFOHT CKM FTKKV 

J)uring tlie Civil A\'ar he cast bis fVatunes with the Coij- 
federaoy and was made Colonel of the 12th Alaljanm Kegiment 
and subsequently served on the staff of (len. John C. Breckin- 
ridge and Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson. When the remains of 
the Kentucky soldiers who fell at Huena Vista were brought to 
their native State, Ma.j. O'Hara wrote for that occasion the im- 
mortal poem by v^liich his fame is establi.^hed. "The Bivouac 
of the Dead." 

'J'he muffled dnuiTs sad roll has beat 

The soldier's last tattoo; 
No more on lifes ])arade shall meet 

The brave and fallen few. 
(»n fame's eternal cami)ing-ground 

Their silent tents are spread, 
And gloiy guards the solenm round 

The bivouac of the dead. 

No rumor of the foe's advance 

Now swells upon the wind, 
No troubled thought at midnight haunts 

Of loved ones left behind: 
No vision of the morrow's strife 

The warrior's dream alarms, 
No l)raying born or screaming fife 

At dawn shall call to arms. 

Their shivered swords are red with rust, 

Tlieir ])lumed heads are bowed. 
Their haughty I)anner trailed in dust 

Is now their martial shroud. 
And plenteous funeral tears have washed 

The red stains from each brow. 
And Iheii' ])i'()ud forms in hattle gashed 

Are free from ananisb. now. 

The neiuhing steed, the flashing blade. 
The trumpet's stirriuLi blast. 



HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 25 

The cliurge. the dreadful cannonade, 

The din and shout are past: 
No war's wild note, nor glory's peal, 

Shall thrill with fierce delight 
Those l)i'e;(Hts that never more shall feel 

The r'i[)ture of the fight. 

Like the dread northern hurricane 

That sweeps his broad plateau, 
Flushed with the triumph yet to gain 

Came down tlie serried fV)e ; 
Our heroes felt the shock, and leapt 

To meet them on the plain : 
And long the pitying sky hath wept 

Above (»ur gallant slain. 

Sons of our consecrated ground 

Ye must not slumlier there, 
Where stranger steps and tongues resound 

Along the heedless air. 
Your own jiroud land's heroic soil 

Shall be your fitter grave ; 
She claims from war his richest spoil — 

The ashes of her brave. 

So 'neath their parent turf they rest, 

Far from the gory field ; 
Borne to a spartan mother's breast 

On many a bloody shield: 
The sunshine of their native sky 

Smiles sadly on them here, 
And kindred hearts and eyes watch by 

The heroes' sepulcher. 

Rest on, eml;almed and sainted dead! 

Dear as the blood ye gave; 
No impious footstep here shall tread 

The herbage of vour grave ! 



26 HISTORY OF THE FRANKFOKT CEMETERY 

Nor shall your glory be forgot 

While fame her record keeps, 
Or honor point-s the hallowed spot 

Where valor proudly sleeps. 

Yon marble minstrel's voiceless stone 

In deathless song shall tell, 
When many a vanished year hath flown, 

The story how ye fell : 
Nor wreck, nor change, no winter's blight. 

Nor time's remorseless doom, 
Can dim one rav of holy light 

That gilds your glorious tomb. 

Near the O'llara sarcojtliagus is a small stone inscribed: 
"Col. T. T. Hawkins, an officer in the Mexican War; died Sept. 
6th. 1879. Erected by order of the Legislature of 1883-4." 




CHAPTER IT. 

LOTS PURf'llVSED T.Y THE STATE. 

In the year 1851 the J-egislature passed an Act authorizing 
and directing the Governor to purchase from the Cemetery 
Company the lots numbered 131, 132, 143, 144, 154 and 155 
■'in which to bury the remains of Kentucky's illustrious dead." 
The price paid for these lots was six hundred dollars; they are 
located some distance south of the State monument. 

There are eight Eevolutionary soldiers in these lots, to-wit: 

Jolm Adair; born in Chester District, S. C, January 9th, 
1"57. Died at White Hall, Mercer County, May, 1840; aged 
83 years. This monument is erected by the people of Kentucky 
in pursuance of a resolution of the General Assembly, approved 
March the 5th, 1872. as a mark of their appreciation of his 
•services as a soldier and a statesman. 

As a soldier he entered the Revolutionary Army at the 
age of seventeen : served through the war, first as a private, after- 
ward'-! as aide-de-camp to General Sumpter- removed to Ken- 
tucky in 1787; participated in the Indian campaigns 1791-92- 
94, and the Avar with Great Britain 1812-13. He commanded 
the Kentucky troops at New Orleans as Brigadier-General under 
General Jackson. 1814-15. 

As a statesman, previous to liis removal from Houth Caro- 
lina, he served as a member of the State convention which 
revised the Constitution of the United States. Ijecoming a 
citizen of Kentucky, he re])resented the County of Mercer in 
the Legislature 1795-90. afterwards frequently in both ITou.'^c 
and Senate. In 1895 he was elected to the Ignited States Senate, 
to fill an unexpired term. In 1820 he was elected Governor, 
and served a term of four years. In 1831 he served a term in 
the Ignited Stales Congrc-s from INIercer District. "He sleeps 
the slee]> of the brave and just." 

Catlierine Adai]'. wife of Gov. John Adair, was removed 
fro!n lier liomo. 'Alonti'ose," near Frankfort, and buried in the 



28 ms'i'oUV OF THK FKANKIOUT Ci; M KTKHY 

same grave with her hushand. "A union in Hfe of l^fty-^^ix 
years; in death they are not divided." 

On tlie Christ()[)er (h-eenup monument is the followinj;: 

This monument wa^ erected hy the Legislature of Ken- 
tueky to commemorate tlie pubUc services of Christoi)her 
(treenup. third (Governor of the Commonwealth, by re.';oluti<»n 
approved January 16th. 1874. 

A soldier of the war of the Revolution and engaged in the 
early conflicts with the Indian sa\ages, he discharged his duties 
without fear and without reproach. His capacity, fidelity and 
usefulness in civil seivice is amply proven by his repeated ele- 
vation to and long continuance in oflice, executive, legislative 
and judicial, of the highest grade. He served repeatedly in the 
State and Federal Legislatures, filled the office of judge in 
several conrts. inferior and superior, and was elected (iovernor 
of the T'oimiionwealth in August, 1S04. Patriot, soldier and 
statesman, throngii a long life of service he distinguished him- 
self in wi'.r and ])eace, and died in the full enjoyment of the con- 
fidence of his countivmoii. in tlic ')iUli year of lii.- a'j,c. April 
the 27th, 1818. 

Caj)tain -[(thn llowell, a gallant solditT of the Kevohilion, 
served tlii-nuuli the wai'. lie was an oflicer in the First Jersey 
Reuiment : was in the ])attles of P>randywine, (Jermantown. 
Monmouth and Yorktown : settled in Kentucky between 179.') 
and 1800: died in Ohio County. Kentucky, in the year 1830. 
His remains were removed to this place, and a monument 
erected by direction of joint resolution of the (General Assembly 
of Kentucky, approved January. 1874. 

In 1770 Major Rland P)allard came to Kentucky at the 
age of eighteen years. He was with Col. l^owman on his 
expedition to the Indian town of Chilicothe. In 1781 he was 
with Con. Clark in the attack on Pickawa towns, and was 
wounded in action. Tfe was with Floyd's party and survived 
the defeat on Floyd's Fork. Tn 1780 he was a sjjy for Cen. 
Clark on the expedition to the AVabash. He was present in 
1794 when Cen. AA'ayne routed the Indians at the Maumee 
Rapids. 

He w;is a ><il(lier in the AA'ar of 1812 and was a captain in 



HISTORY OV TlIK FKVyKl'OKT CEMETKRY 29 

the regiment of Col. John Allen. lie wa;^ twice wounded at the 
battle of the River Eaisin and was taken prisoner. He repeat- 
edly represented Shelby County in the Kentucky Legishiture. 
He died, in Shelby County in 1853, at the age of 94 years. 

A very small stone marks the last resting place of Gover- 
nor Scott, though a Revohitionary soldier and a Governor. The 
inscription is as follows: "Governor Chas. Scott. Born in 
Powhattan County, Va.. 1711. Died in Clark County, Ken- 
tucky. 1813." 

' MA'ernor Scott wns one of the strong characters of the 
period in which he lived. For more than half a century he 
served his country with honor, l)oth in tented field and council 
chamber. In 1755 with Washington he fought in that disas- 
trous battle which resulted in the defeat and death of General 
Braddock. 

In the I {evolutionary War he raised the first company of 
volunteers south of the James River, and so distinguished him- 
self that a countv in A^irginia was named for him as early a^ 
1777. (tom. AVashington ai)])()inted him to the command of a 
regiment in the Continental line; he was a Brigadier-General at 
(he liattic of Charleston. lie mo^•ed to Woodford County, 
Kentucky, in 1785. In 1791 he was with Gen. St. Clair, at St. 
Clair's defeat by the Indians. In 1794 he commanded a por- 
tion of (ien. Wayne's army at the battle of the Fallen Timl)er, 
where a great victory was gained. 

Gen. Scott was not an educated man : he thought the of- 
fice of (lovernor was too high a place for his ability, and he told 
the })eople that his com])ctitor was nmch b'etter qualified for the 
p(»sition. He was almost unanimously elected Governor in 
1808. and served the full term of four years. 

' ieneral Henry Crist. ''Beneath this stone were deposited 
the ]-emains of General Henry Crist, a pioneer soldier and 
statesman. Born in Hanover County. Va., in 1764. He emi- 
grated to the west while young, and shared in the dangers, 
hardships and j)rivations of the first settlement of Kentucky, 
as the history of his adopted State attests. He departed this 
life in September, 1844. The State of Kentucky erected this 
monument to his memorv." 



30 HISTORY OF THE FRAXKFOKT CKMKTKKY 

General Jolni Caldwell. "Dedicated to the memory of 
General John Caldwell in pursuance of an order of the Legis- 
lature of Kentucky,, approved 15th of January, 1831. The son 
of Rohert and M. Caldwell: he was horn in Charlotte County, 

Virginia, on the — day of and departed this life on the 

9th of Noveniher, 180-1. A meritorious oMicer of the Revolu- 
tion. He was taken prisoner hv the I»ritish at the siege of 
Charleston in 1780. 

Immigrated to Kentucky at an tarly day and wa.*^ an ef- 
ficient officer against the Indians of the West. .\s an evidence 
of the high estimation in which he was held hy his country- 
men and of his ca])acity to Ije useful, he was, after many years 
of distinguished services as a Senator, elected i.icut. Governor, 
which office he filled at the time of his death." 

"To the memory of George Madison, fifth (Governor of 
Kentucky. This monument was erected in compliance with 
a resolution of the Legislature api»ro\cd January KUh, 1S74, 
which directed liis remains to l»c removed from the old hurial 
ground nortiica^t of the capitol to this cemetery. 

lie was a soldiei of the Ivevolutionary War. of the various 
conflicts with the Indian savaues of the frontier, particularly 
distinunislu'il in the iainpai,i»ns of Scott and Wilkinson, and in 
the battles fotiuhl hy St. Clair and Adnii'. in hoth of which he 
was wonn<led. 

His military career was gloi'iously closed at the lvi\"er 
Raisin, where his heroic resolution saved the troops under hi< 
comn)and from the general massacre, although resulting in 
honoraljlc captivity for himself in the l>ritish ])rison of Queh.ec. 

Alike distingui'shed in civil employment, he served the 
State with ])rohity and intelligence for more than twenty years 
as Auditor of Puhlic Accounts, and was finally elevated in Au- 
gust. 1810, by the imanimous voice of the jjcople of Kentucky 
to the highest office within their gift. 

While in the puhlic service, in the nl^vd year of his age, on 
the 11th of f>ctol)er, 181(). his private and puhlic virtues — civil 
?nid military life, were crowned by a death hallowed by reliu,"ion 
evincing its consolation to the good and the brave." 

Tn addition to the K'evolutionarv soldiers named above, the 



IIISTOKY OK THK FRANKFORT CEMETERY 31 

following fourleen named persons complete the list of those 
buried in the State lot, to-wit: Governor James T. Morehead, 
1797-1854; William T. ]W-ry, B. L. Clark, John C. Mason, 
Judge John i\I. l^Uiott and Susan J. Elliott, his wife. Col. 
Waher Chile^, 1.S10-1S62. lie was State Senator. Milton B. 
Buster, 1824-1864, was also State Senator. Col. Drury W. Poor, 
Representative from Logan County, died at Frankfort. Col. 
Thomas Dollerhide, a soldier in the "War of 1812, died at 
Frankfort, December Sth, 1827. He was a Senator from 
Pulaski County. Jolni V. iTloor. Representative from Logan 
County; Catherine -\dair, wife of (Tovernor .John Adair; -Joel 
T. Llart and Chief Justice Caswell Bennett. 

Judge AA'illiam Taylor l>arry was born in Virginia on 
February loth, 1784. came to Kentucky in 1796, was educated 
at Kentucky Academy in Woodford County, and Transylvania. 
He located in Lexington in the year 1805, and commenced the 
practice of law. In a short time thereafter he was appointed 
Attorney General for the Commonwealth. He represented 
Fayette County in the Kentucky Legislature several times and 
suljsequently Avas in the State Senate and represented his dis- 
trict in Congress. In the War of 1812 he was aide-de-camp of 
Governor Shelby, and w^js at the battle of the Thames. He 
was Speaker of the Kentucky House of Lepresentatives, and 
later was elected to a seat in the United States Senate. In the 
contest Ijetween the New Court and the Old Court he was a 
leader of the New Court Party with Rowan, Bil)b. Shai*p and 
Bledsoe, and be<-ame Chief Justice of the New Court. Later he 
became Lieutenant-GoAcrnor of Kentucky. 

On the election of General Jackson as President, he ap- 
pointed ]Mr. Barry to the ])osition of Postmaster-General. In 
1835 he Avas ap])ointed Minister to Spain, bu.t he died at Liver- 
pool on his way to liis post of duty. 

Joel T. Hart, sculptor and poet. Born 1810; died 1877. 
He made the busts of Cassius M. Clay, Andrew Jackson, John 
J. Crittenden and Henry Clay. Those of Andrew Jackson and 
Henry Clay in the Historical Booms at Frankfort. Kentucky. 

His ideal productions made him famous, among which 
are his "•Venus de Medici." "Angelina," etc. His last and 



32 insTOHYOKTIIKKHANKFOKTrKMHTKUV 

r,. ■ K , f r^h-wlitv '■ on whk-h he worked 

,„,. „,ore Uuu, .«e>,.y yea... ^' ';,,.„^.^.,, „.,,„, tl,e ...un 

-liUUiirv ever seen m Ainevua. It «.i> <le ""." 

hcmse at I-exington was burnt. ^,,. 

His last resting pli'<e is ma ke. 1. ■ . ua 
y„„„.v n,arl.le. tlu- ...,, ..f whub -"'-;/, J '^ "^^rt, ,, the 
„l,i,l. is <arvo.l -Kreetert t,. .be n.enxnx 1 -I oe . . • 

r;;:.ft:^^b,,r:::;::::;r,""-"-'-----^ 

i„ state lot near (tmerno. •^'"^''^r f"" .,^,, ,,ie,„ena..t.tiove.- 
„ „,„v,u.gbly «l..eatea l"«Te.. - ekct 1 1 ^^^^^^^^^ 

„„,;„ l«..i;-'l'— ;"'';r ,' a nul. and .raeofnl 
lUealbitl. K.ln-..ary. l«-b " ,. ■ , states Se.ia.cr fi'.an 
.,eaker an.l s.r.ng -■ <;;■.; .'./jtabtless .be bes, e,b,. 
1S41-1!^-1~ ('overnor .MoitnecUi ^^<l■ 

,„^,„ „,,„ ,,„ ever Governor of *;« ^tate 

„„ the r.. 1.. Clark >"7;'"-; ^^J™ ' C .Uv, Virginia, 

•■'"'■'■ '";;;, "'l ^ 8 D etin ' a v of (ia..te,nala. Central 
Kebrnaryl tb OS D^ ,n ^^ ^ ,:,,„,,,„„„ive fro.n tbe 
Amenea. >I. .< I> i-^i'i. . , , ^^ „( Kentucky, as a inem- 

founty of Snnpson n ' ^ •'^f^ ^ J^ ., ,,,,,^,„ „f tbe Ken- 
,„.,. „f c.„,„,ess „f the ', ""^'' '^' l-„ ; \,,;„iu,tion of the 
.„,,, <""v.,.,on « u, , f,.^^^^^^^ ,,,„^^ ,„ , 

Canuaa.wealtb ■-"']• Y%X ,,i-..harEed every .buy will, ,hs- 
,,,, Aniern-a. '--''>,, ,,^',,1 Stale ami iniporisbahle honor 
tinetion to binisel-f. hilelity to ^„,, ■ 

•" '- ;-"t:kv'r;;;;;^'."::^ "" -n-'^^^ a-"-^; 

'?'- f ol V ISfiR, in .neniory of the services of 
„,,,,,.,vc.,l .41 "f !■ ''"•'.,, ed that his mortal remains should 
her distingmsbed son. '1> "'™ V'^ ,,„ )„ o„,t,.al .'Cmeriea, 



I'lSTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 33 

4ll). 1802. Married Annie E. Owens, of Owingsville, Kentucky, 
June (lib, 1847. Died Ancjust 4th, 1865. Honored by the 
United States of America for services rendered at the battle of 
Monterey; served six years in the United States Congress." 

Judge John Milton Klhott. born May (>th. 1820; assassi- 
nated for having done his duty as a Judge, March 26th, 1879 ; a 
statesman of stainless honor, lie was a nieiii!)er of the Legis- 
lature of Kentucky, served three terms in the United States 
Congress, and two terms in tlie Confederate Congress. "A 
Judge of pure heart, strong intellect, fearless, faithful, kind 
and efficient as a Circuit Judge and Judge of tlie Court of Ap- 
peals, he was without re])roach/' 

On the west side of cohunu" 

"As a man he was ardent, social, genial, by nature a 
])hihuithro])ist ; he won the ]o\e of his fellowmen by his gen- 
erosity and worth. Devoted as a husband; as a friend, faithful 
and just; a dutiful citizen, an upright official. His crowning- 
virtues were candor, integrity and love of truth." 

On the north side of the stone is the bust of Judge Elliott, 
wliic-h is said to be a line likeness. The colunui is crowned by 
a -tatue of Astraea, the Goddess of Justice, blindfolded, with 
the Scales of Ju'^tice in her hands. 

In this same locality is the unique and beautiful monu- 
ment erected to the memory of James Franci'^ Leonard, on the 
east face of v.hich is a telegraph instrument with a hand operat- 
ing it. and beneath which are the figures "30." On the north 
side is "James Francis Leonard. Born at Frankfort, Kentucky, 
September Sth, 1884. Died at Columbus, Mississippi, July 
2nth, 1862. Called home by the Grand Chief Operator to work 
the eternal circuit above." On the west side: "His comrades, 
the Old Time Telegraphers, have caused his remains to be 
brought back to his 'Old Kentucky Home.' and erected this 
monument to his memory." On the south side is: "Ablaze 
with genius and aflame with zeal, he caught the spirit of the 
electric force. The first sound reader. He interpreted the 
telegraphic alphabet of Morse." 



CIIAPTF.R TIT. 

OTHER I'HOMINKXT I'KOl'LE JUKIED IN THE EHANKKORT 
CEMETERY. 

Tliere are T)et\vc'eii ten and twelve thousand people buried 
in these grounds, the average being about one hundred and 
fifty per year. To give a sliort liistory of each would require 
more space than the scope of this worlc will permit; only a 
sliort sketch of some of the mo^•t prominent are given. 

There are a number of piominent people buried in these 
grounds who have no marker of any kind, and the location 
of their graves are known to only a few peopTe who are now 
living. Among this numljer can Ije named Judge Williani 
Lindsey. Judge ('aswell Bennett, Judge P. U. Major, General 
Scott Brown, Congressman A, Y. Fitzpatrick and many others. 

Albert G. [lodges (1802-1881) was identified with the liis- 
tory of Kentucky for half a century, lie commenced his news- 
paper career in Lexington, but married a Frankfort woman 
and moved to Frankfort in 1820. lie formed a partnership 
with James G. Dana in tlie publication of the Commentator. 
In 1833 lie began the publication of the Commonwealth, and 
was elected Public Printer, wliich position lie held for a quarter 
of a century. 

Gen. John Ivodiuan n820-188t>), about sixty years of age; 
died October 29th, 1886. He was one of the ablest lawyers in 
the Slate. He repi'esonted Oldham County in Kentucky Legis- 
lature in TSoO; re|)resented Franklin County in Kentucky 
Legislature in 1859, was elected Attorney General of Kentucky 
in 1867, and re-elected 1871. He was made reporter of tlie 
Court of Appeals in 1879. During his term as reporter he pub- 
lished 78-79-80-81 and 82 Kentucky Reports. 

There is -a very unique stone, an imitation of a wooden 
cross, located near the Confederate lot, which cost perhaps two 
thousand dollars; it has no inscription except the word 
"Mother." There is a tradition concernin"' it which ha.s never 



HISTORY OF TUB FRANKFORT CEMETERY 35 

l)eeii verified, but whellier true oi- not, the story illustrates the 
marvelous influenoe of the word '"mother." Tn this lot is buried 
three men. each of whon:i, in turn, was tlie husband of this 
mother: as the fruit of these marriages there were three sets of 
children : the mother died after the last husband had been 
buried. Hhe left a small estate, and the children readily agreed 
to ><pend the two thousand dollars for the monument. But it 
was jnore difiicult for them to agree on the inscription to be 
placed on it; after a short controversy the word ''mother" was 
suggested, and it was agreed to by all. 

Judge Mason Bi'own died in Frankfort, January 27, 1867, 
at the age of 68 years. He graduated from Yale College and 
subsequently graduated from the law school at Lexington. He 
and (rovernor Charles S. Morehead compiled a work of great 
value to the legal profession, known as ''Morehead and Brown's 
Digest." Judge Brown was known as one of the great lawyers 
of Kentucky. He was Commonwealth's Attorney for several 
years and was afterwards elected circuit judge. He was Secre- 
tary of State during the administration of Governor Charles S. 
Moreh.ead, and he was I'nited States District Attorney for sev- 
eral years prior to his death. 

Col. Robert H. King was Colonel of the 3rd Kentucky 
A'olunteer Cavalry. He enlisted in the TJnion Army as First, 
Lieutenant in Ca])t. Albert G. Bacon's company, which was 
rai'-^ed in Franklin County. On the death of Capt. Bacon at 
Sacr^'.mento, Lieutenant Iving became Captain, then Major, 
Lieutenant-Colonel and aftei'wards brevetted Colonel for gallant 
and meritorious conduct. He commanded a brigade in Sher- 
man's "ride to the sea." 

0. (t. Cates was a lawyer of ability. He was Attorney Gen- 
eral of Kentucky under Governor Owsley. He was afterwards 
President of the Board of Internal Improvements. 

Thomas Todd was Judge of the Court of Appeals in 1801, 
Chief Justice in 1806, and was Associate Justice of the Supreme 
Court of the United States from 1807 to 1816. 

Charles S. Todd was Colonel on the staff of Gen. Harrison, 
in the War of 1812: was Secretary of State under Governor 
Madison ; Representative of Franklin County in the Kentucky 



36 I'.jsroin" of tiii fhxnki-okt cemeteuy 

J.e.Liislature in LSI 7, and was the .Vgent of the L'niled 8tate.< to 
Cohiiiihia and Minister to Russia under President Harrison. 

hr. William C. Sneed was for twenty-five years a success- 
ful i)ractitioner at Frankfort. He contributed many vahiable 
arliclcs to the leading medical journals of the country. For 
son)e vears he was President of the State Mechcal Society. Mis 
liistory of the Kentucky Penitentiary was so well written that 
the Kentucky Legislature had it published at the exjiensf of 
the State. He died November -iOlli. bS()-2. 

(len. I). W. Lindscy ( l.S:5r)-pi].S) was Colonel of 22nd 
Kentucky Vohmteer Infantry and later was Inspector (Icneral 
of Kentucky. W'lien (len. .John II. Morgan made his raid 
through Kentucky in 1S(>1. ( ien. Lindsey, who was at that time 
Conmiander (jf Second Brigade of (I. W. Morgan's Division 
under (ieri. F. S. Grant in the South, was requested by Gover- 
nor Hramlette to return to Kentucky and organize the home 
guards. Uo was apjxiinted Insi)ector General of Kentucky, 
which gave him the rank of Major-(ieneral and acting com- 
mander of all the military forces of the State. After the war 
he was ap|)ointed .Vdjutant (leneral of Kentucky, and as such 
made his report in two large volumes, which have been very 
useful in pn.scMaiting chiiiiis foi- PiMlcral Pensions. He died 
in ini7. 

(ien. Amlirose \\ . Dudley was for fifteen year> (^uarter- 
master-( Jcneral of the Fnited States, and for thirty-.^even yeai*s 
President of Branch Bank of Kentucky. TK^ died in Se])tem- 
ber, 1884. 

Capt. John W. Kussell (1794-1809) was a soldier in the 
War of 1812. He gained distinction as a captain of a boat on 
the Mississipj)i ; he had great physical courage. His fight witli 
the robber band of Lafitte in New Orleans made him famou.-? 
in all the western country. When the steamer "General 
l^rown" was lost by an exploi«ion his presence of mind and 
heroism saved the lives of six men. He was in the State Senate 
in FSoO and was instrumental in building the Stat€ Arsenal, 
which was built in that year. 

IJeut. John J. Crittenden was on the staff of General Cus- 
ter, and was one of the sixteen officers (and three hundred en- 



HISTORY OF Tlil'J FRANKFORT CEMETERY 37 

listed men) Avhu were killed by the Indians on "The Little 
Big Horn" the 25th of June, 1876. 

Thomas N. Lindsey (1807-1877), father of Gen. D. W. 
Lindsey, was a leading lawyer of Frankfort and a writer of con- 
siderable note. For a period of aljout forty years he was a con- 
tributor to the press under the nom de plume of "Black .Jack." 
A very unique monument of Italian marble marks his last rest-, 
ing place. 

Near the western drivcAvay is the monument of William 
Taylor, who died in 1850, in his sixty-eighth year. He was 
American Consul at St. Domingo, Vera Cruz, Alverado and 
the City of Mexico. 

Daniel Weissiger ( 176o-1829) was one of the Commission- 
ers Avho built the State Capitol, which was erected in 1S29. He 
was Clerk of the FraukHn County Court for several years, and 
was one of the substantial citizens of Frankfort for many years. 

Jacob Swigert was Captain in U. S. A. Volunteer Infantry; 
at one time Judge of the Franklin County Court; for many 
years was Oiie of the leading citizens of Frankfort. 

Col. Solomon P. Sharp was thirty-eight years old at the 
time of his death. He was in the Kentucky Legislature (1813- 
1817) ; was a member of Congress (1818-1819) ; was Attorney- 
General in 1821, and resigned that position to make the race 
against Governor Crittenden for position of Representative of 
Franklin County in 1825. Governor Crittenden was the leader 
of the Old Court Party in Franklin County, and was a very 
popular man. The New Court Party was dominant in the 
county, but there was no man of that party in the county who 
had the qualifications of leadership necessary to win except 
Col. Sharp. President Madison said of him that he "was the 
ablest man of his age who had represented the West" in Con- 
gress. Col. Sharp and his wife are buried just east of the 
Boone monument. A square marbel shaft about ten feet tall 
and each side about ten inches broad marks their last resting 
place. On the west side of the shaft is this inscription: "Eliza 
T., wife of S. P. Sharp, died .January 4th, 1844, in her 46th 
year." On the east side is: Solomon P. Sharp was assassinated 
while extending the hand of hospitality on the morning of 



38 HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 

Noveiiil>ei- Till (should be the 6th), 1825, and beneath this is, 
''What thou knowest not now, thou shalt know hereafter." 

The Confederate monument, erected by the Daughters of 
the Confederacy, dedicated to the Confederate dead, was un- 
veiled in the spring of 1892. It is of the finest Italian marble 
imported fr(jm the Carrara quarries, Italy. The base is of 
granite. There is a life size statue of a Confederate soldier 
dressed in Confederate uniform at parade rest which crowns 
the column. The following are the inscriptions on the face of 
the base: 

-ihw Confederate dead 1801-1865" 

'They sleej*. What need the question now if they be right 
or wrong. They kudw ere this whose cause was just in God, 
the Father's sight. They wield no warlike weapons now, re- 
turn no foeman's thrust, who but a coward would revile the 
honored soldiers' dust." 

lie\erse <ide: 

"Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay 
down his life for his friends."' 

West side: 

"The marble minstrels" voiceful tone 

In deathless songs shall tell 
When many a vanquished age hath flown 

The story, how ye fell; 
Nor wi-eck, nor change, nor winter blight, 

Nor time's remorseless doom 
Shall dim one ray of holy light 

That gilds your glorious tomb," 

East side: 



HISTORY OF THE FllANKFGRT CEMETERY 39 

"To every man upon the earth 
Death cometh soon or late, 
And how can man die better 
Than facing fearful odds 
For the ashes of his fathers 
And the temples of his Gods." 

In a circle around the monument ai'e found the graves of 
sixty-eight Confederate soldiers, the most of whom died of dis- 
ease, at Frankfort, during the Civil War. 

Mrs. Jennie Chinn Morton died in 1920. She was for 
many years connected with the Historical Society of Kentucky ; 
was editor of Stale Ivegister: wrote "Her Dearest Friend" and 
other poems. 

Eobert lUirns Wilson died in New York, and his body was 
returned to his old Kentucky home and laid to rest by the side 
of Robert Carmichael near the Boone monument. Inscribed 
on his tomi) is the following: 

"Robert Burns Wilson. I'oet and Painter. Born 
October 80th, I80O. Died March 31st, 1916. Until 
the day break and the shadows flee away I will get me 
to the ]\h)untain of Myrrh and to the Hill of Frank- 
incense.'" 

]\Ir. Wilson A\'on for himself a permanent place in art and 
letters. His paintings and poems are regarded by critics as the 
work of a genius. His poems were published in book form, 
Avbich he called "Fife and Love." He might have been desig- 
nated as Nature's Poet. He loved the trees and birds and 
brooks and flowers, and he sought them "As the hart panteth 
after the water brooks." A quotation from his "Beside the 
Stream" best illustrates the bent of his mind: 

"The breath of fields — the song of birds, 

The lifting leaf, the dancing beam, 
The landscape wide, the grazing herds, 

The moving music of the stream. 
These, do not call for wasted words ; 

These, shall enfold me in their dreams." 



40 HISTORY OF Tin: FRANKFORT CP^METERY 

(len. Simon l^olivcr Hiukner ( 1H2S-1014) was ediu-akd at 
West Point; served throuuh tlie Mexican Wav: was Urcvctted 
first lieutenant for gallant conduct at Cherubusco; was ^revetted 
captain for bravery at Molino-del Uey. In 18()() he liecaine 
Conniiander-in-Chicf of the Kentucky State (Uiard. with rank 
of Major (Jeneral: was made Urigacher-C Jencral ('. S. A.: was 
left in conniiand of Fort Donelson and surrendered with his 
men. He was exchanged in iMi'i and ]iromotc<l to ^hijor- 
( Jeneral. After the l)attle of Chickamauiia was promoted 
]>icutenant-(ieneral; was elected CJovernor of Kentucky in 
1SS7. On his tomb is inscribed: "Simon IJoliar Buckner. 
Horn April 1st. 1^2:5. Died January .Sth. 15)14. (Jra-lualed 
r. S. Military Academy ls44. Twice brevetted for uallantry 
in Mexican W-av 1.S47. I.icut. ( ieneral C. S. A. (^o^•ernor of 
Kentucky 1887. A noble life devoted to duty, honor, country,'' 

(iovern(»r William (ioelxd was a State Senator from 1886 
ti) 15)00. He contested the election for Governor of Gen. W. S. 
Taylor, before the Leuislature of 15»0(). ({ov. Goebel was sliot 
from the window in the Secretary of State's olhce in 15I00. After 
he wa.« shot the Letiislature declared him duly elected (loveiiiov. 
He took the oath of oflice and died in (he aftcino(m of the -ame 
day. February 3rd. llMjO. 

Governor William Goebel was a successful imsiness man 
and a successful lawyer. l'crhai)s no other man in Kentucky 
ever incurred such bitter opi»osition. He was a hard liuhler: 
even his enemies admired his ability and his fighting qualities. 
He was a conspicuous member of the Senate at the time he con- 
tested the seat for (lovernor. The (ioebel m<»nument is a large 
l)lock of solid granite crowned by a bronze statue of Gov. Goebel. 
On the south side is, "Frected by the people of Kentucky and 
other states in momoriam of Kentucky's martyr. (J(»vernor 
^^'illiam (Joebel. who devoted and ga\c his life in defcn>e of 
the rights of the iieo))le. " "The question is: Are the cor|)ora- 
tioiis the mastci's or servant-; <if the i)eoplc?" On the west "^ide 
is. "l)e calm, abide by the law." I forgave them, they do not 
undei'stand. (^n north <ide is. "(lovernor A\'illiam (loebel, 
P.orn January -Ith. IS.")!',. Hied Feliruary :h(l. 1000. '•Tell my 
fricMul^ to be brave and fearless and lo\'al to the iireat comiuon 



HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 41 

people."' Mis last words, (^n the east side is "Autlior of the 
Anti-lottery Law." The pioneer in American railway rate 
regulating legislation. The champion of school book legisla- 
tion. 

Dr. Duncan R. Campbell, L.L.D., native of Scotland; a 
prominent minister of the Baptist Church ; was President of 
(TPorgetown College. 

Henry Wingate was on tlie Hr'^t Hoard of Directors of the 
Cemetery Com]iany. and a prominent l)anker of the city. He 
was a Knight Templar of high degree. His son, Lucien 
Wingate, was the first person who was buried in the Frank- 
fort cemetery. 

Colonel Daniel Boone (1735-1842). Tlie grave which 
visitors most frequently request to see is that of Daniel Boone, 
located on the l)row of the hill overlooking the city and the 
Kentucky Kiver. The Legislature of Kentucky appropriated 
a suilicient sum to have his remains and those of Rebecca, his 
wife, brought from Missouri and re-interred in a very beauti- 
ful and j)icturesque spot.: this re-interment was on the 13th day 
of September. 18-1."). Thousands of i)eople were present, repre- 
senting every section of the State ; after the coffins were lowered 
into the gra\"e. hiuidreds of them passed by and each threw a 
handful of dirt into the open grave. In 1860 the State of Ken- 
tucky Iniilt a handsome monument to his memory, the panels 
of which were of Italian marble, l)ut relic hunters so defaced 
them that the monument was practically destroyed. In 1906 
the State assisted the Daughters of the American Revolution 
to renew the panels which are an exact reproduction of the 
original. The base is Georgia granite. The stone of the monu- 
ment is from Boonsboro. The new panels are Italian marble. 
The State appropriated t\\o thousand dollars for the purpose of 
helping to reliihld the monument. The panel facing the south 
represents Boone in a fight with two Indians, one of whom has 
been killed : Boone lias one foot on the dead Indian and is 
ready to strike the other one with his knife. The Indian has 
his war club drawn, ready to strike. On the east side is Rebecca 
Boone milking a cow. On the north side is a man and boy 
standing, facing each other: it is supposed to be Boone telling 



42 HISTORY OF TTIE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 

the boy where lie wanted to be Ijiiried. On the west side Boone 
is sitting in front of his cabin, with a slaughtered deer at his 
feet. The lot on which the monument is erected contains about 
a quarter of an acre. 

The first monument erected in the cemetery is a few feet 
northeast of the Boone lot, and is located on the Major lot. It 
has no inscription on it; the colunm is about eighteen inches 
square, crowned with a pyramid four feet in height. 

Rev. H. A. M. Henderson, A.M., D.D. & L.L.D.. was a 
minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, of unusual 
learning and eloquence: he was small of stature but broad 
minded, and popular with all classes of people. 

He was a captain in the 2Sth Alal)ama Infantry, C. S. A., 
and was known as "The Soldier Preacher." Later he was com- 
missioned Lieutenant Colonel, with the pay of a Brigadier Gen- 
eral. In the fall of 1806 he l)ecame the pastor of the Methodist 
Church at Frankfort, Kentucky. In ISTl he was elected Super- 
intendent of Public Instruction. In LS74 he was re-elected to 
the same i)osition. l^r. Henderson was the author of several 
books, some of whic li were theological and some were secular. 

Governor .lolin JonUtn Crittenden (1786-1863) was one 
of the greatest, and probably the very greatest, man who has 
l)een buried in the Frankfort Cemetery. He was the conii)eer 
of Clay, Calhoun and Webster, all of whom he survived. When 
a young man he was an army officer: he serve<l as Major in 
General Hopkins' expedition to the northwest, and was aide-de- 
camp of Governor Shelby at the battle of the Thames. 

In the year 1811 he was elected to represent Logan County 
in the Kentucky Legislature, and he continued to represent 
that county for !*ix terms, the last of which (1817) he was 
Speaker of the House, and during that term he was elected to 
the United States Senate. He represented Franklin County in 
the Legislature in 1825-20-80-31 and 1832. He was the leader 
of the Old Court Party in the controversy between the Old 
Court and the New Court. In 1835 he was re-elected to the 
United States Senate and was serving in that capacity when 
President Harrison a])pointed him Attorney General for the 
T'nitod States, which position he resigned and was auain elected 



HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 43 

to the Federal Senate (184o). lie re!<igned that position to 
make the I'ace for (governor in 1<S48. He al^^o resigned the posi- 
tion of (Joveiiior in 1852 to accept the appointment of Attor- 
ney General imder President FiUmore. After the expiration 
of his term as Attorney General he was again elected to the 
Federal Senate. Governor "Crittenden was serving his second 
term as member of the lower House of Congress from the .Vsh- 
lan<l District at the time of his death. He was the recognized 
leader of tlie Peace Party. As a man he was loved and honored, 
and as a statesman he was held in reverence Ijy the people of 
his State and Xation. 

Two of his sons became distinguished during the Civil 
"War; one was a Major General of the Confederate States and 
tlie other was a Brigadier General of the United States. 

(Governor Crittenden was President of the Border State 
Convention, held at Frankfort in 1861. (3n the north side of 
liis n.ionument is: John Jordon Crittenden. Born September 
10th, 1787. Died July 20th. 1868. On south side is: Erected 
by the State of Kentucky in honor of her illustrious son. John 
J. Crittenden, member of the Legislature, Governor, Represen- 
tative and Senator in Congress and Attorney General of United 
States. West side: For fifty years he devoted himself with in- 
flexible integrity, consummate wisdom and patriotic zeal to the 
cause and service of his native State and of his whole country. 
His great talents made him preenn'nent in the elevated offices 
he filled, and ijlaced him among the first of American states- 
men. "Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, thy 
God's and truth's." These were among his last words. They 
were the rule of his life, and are a fitting inscription for his 
tomb. The history of the nation will l)ear witness to his lofty 
patriotism, and Kentuckv will ever cherish tb.e memory of her 
son. 

Mrs. Emily Tul)man, a sistei* of Landon A. Thomas, was 
l)orn and reared in Frankfort. She donated twenty-six thous- 
and dollars for the purpose of building the Christian Church at 
Frankfort, dedicated August 11th, 1872. She endowed a chair 
in Bethany College, and materially assisted the Kentucky l"^Tii- 
^ersity and the Orphan School at Midway. 



44 IIISTOIJY OF TI[E FRANKFORT CEMETERY 

Captain Jolm Cannon was owner and in chxiige of the Robert 
E. i.ee, and gained national notoriety by defeating the Natclie;.. 
Captain Leathers was in charge of the Natchez, a boat built at 
Cincinnati. Ohio, at a cost of two hundred thousand dollars, for 
the ex[)ress i)urpose of defeating the Robert E. Lee. The race 
had been talked of for many months prior to the great race. 
At one minute before five o'clock on June 30th. 1870, the great 
race was stiirted. Tlie time from New Orleans to St. Louis was 
three days, eighteen hours and twenty-seven minutes, defeating 
the Xatchez three hours and thirty-one minutes. 

Perhaps no other race in all the history of the world 
created such widespread interest. Many thousand people were 
on the river fronts to see the boats pass. At night the banks 
were almost a continual blaze of campfires. Millions of dol- 
lars were waged on the result. One enthusiastic admirer of the 
Natcbf/. who lived in the city of Natchez, staked all of lA^ (ash 
and then bet lii>: home against thirty thousand dollars on the 
Natchez. 'Phi> ra^e made Cajitain Cannon the most fantous 
man in America. 

<"ai)tiiin Cannon was born in Frankfort. Kentucky, in 
]Sltl. and died at Frankfort in ISSO. Ili^ life was practically 
si)ent on llie Mississi])pi, Red and Ouachita rivers. The great 
race of the Lee and Xatchez was an occurrence tliat gained 
world-wide notoriety. 

Xear tlic IJoone Mioniuuciit is a stone marked "'Robert 
Caniiichael. Died January 17th. l<sr)8: aged 40 years. He 
located and was the tirst superintendent of these grounds." 

.lud.-v ^^'illialll Lindsay (LS85-1909) was Captain C. S. 
A.: was on stall of ( ienerals Buford and Forrest. P]lected State 
Senator in LS07. Judge of the Court of Appeals in 1876 and 
became Chief Justice at forty-one years of age; was elected 
State Sena.tor from franklin County in 1890 and United States 
Senator in LS9:'. He was one of the great men of the nation. 
Xo >ionc of any kind marks his grave. 

William Cromwell died December 18th, 1909. He was for 
twentv vears Chief Clerk of the State Senate. His memory 
and i)ow(Ms of endurance were marvelous. 

Judge Palrick Cpsher Major (L822-190a). Was County 



HISTORY or THK FRANKFORT CEMETERY 45 

Attorney in 18r)2; Connnonwealth's Attorney 1856; Circuit 
Jndse 1870. The strongest criminal lawyer who ever engaged 
in the practice at Frankfort. His grave is not marked. 

Major Frank ISJurphy Scanland was buried in the Frank- 
fort Cemetery on AA^ednesday, October 26th, 1920, aged 38 
years. Major Scanland was very mysteriously assassinated in 
New York. He had l)een discharged on account of disabilities a 
few days prior to his death. He had been in the United States 
Army for al)out eighteen years, and had seen service in the 
Phili])pine Islands and in Panama; he was brevetted Major for 
gallant conduct in the world war; he was gassed and also 
wounded with shra|)nel while serving in Italy as ]\hijor of 332d 
Infantry. He was in the service overseas for two years and 
prior to that time was Drill Master at Camp Sherman. Gen. 
John J. Pershinu uavo him the following citation: 

United States Army. 

U. S. A. A. E. F. 

Major F. M. Scanland, 332 Infantry. For exceptionally 
meritorious and conspicuous services at Cattaro Dalmatia, Italy. 
American Expeditionary Forces. In testimony thereof and as 
an e\])ression of appreciation of these services I award him this 
citation. Awarded on 20th June. 1919. 

•loiix J. Pershixg, 

Commander-in-Chief. 

Col. S. I. .M. ^hiior died June 21st. PSS-l. He was born in 
Franklin County September 1 1th. 1830, and was educated by 
B. B. Sayre. He was regarded as one of the best educated men 
in Frankfort. In 1853 he became the Editor of the Yeoman, 
wliich was considered the leading Democratic paper in the State 
during the time he was Editor. An incident in his editorial 
life was a challenge to iiglit a duel in 1857, sent by Thomas M. 
< Ireen. Col. Major was Public Printer for twenty-five years. In 
18()7 he was elected to the Kentucky Legislature and in the 
following year was elected Mayor of Frankfort, which ]iosition 
he held for four terms. 



46 HISTORY OF THE FRANKFOKT CEMETERY 

James Andrew Scott. Kepreseiited Franklin Cnunty in the 
Kentucky Legislature and was Master Conniiissioner of the 
Frankhn Circuit Court. He was a prominent lawyer of Frank- 
fort for many years. 

Pat McDonald, lawyer, editor and Democratic i)olitician. 
died March 14th, 1901.' He was a Magistrate of Franklin 
County and was the best informed man on county affairs in 
the county. For manv years he was editor and pnhlisher of 
The Western Argus. 

Miles Ragland was killed in the World War. lie was 
buried a <horl distance west of the State Monument on August 
7th, 1921. 

Stewart Hosier was a i)rivatc in ihe Itiiitli f. S. Infaniry. 
He was killed in France July 2Sth. 101 S. in the ineinorable 
drive of the American troops on the western front. 

lion. Thomas Francis ^hirshall (IMII-IS(U). Wa> horn 
in Fiankfoit. I\y. Represented Woodford ("ounly in the Ken- 
tucky Legislature 1832-8. Served two terms in the Kentucky 
Legislature from Louisville. He returned to Woodford County 
and aiiain represented \\'oo(lfor(l in the lA'gislature. A\'as 
elected to Congress from the Ashland District in 1S41. Served 
as Captain in a com])any of cavalry in the Mexican ^^'ar. Rep- 
resented Woodford County in the Kentucky Legislature again 
in IHo."!. He fought three duels, one with John Rowan, Jr., 
one with James Watson A\'el)l». editor of the New York Courier 
and Enquirer, and one with Cen. James S. Jackson. He was 
an able lawyer and was one of the gi'catest orators Kentucky 
has ])roduce(l. Ilis remains were removed from Woodford 
County in May. 1021, to the State Cemetery at Frankfort. 

Dr. T. D. Elliott, a wealthy physician of Bardstown. Ken- 
tucky, came through Frankfort with In's only daughter. They 
visited the Frankfort Cemetery and she was so much pleased 
with the beauty of the place that she told her father that .-he 
wanted to be buried there when .she died and her father told 
her that her i-c(uust would be granted. A few months later .she 
died of a fever, and in com})liancc with her request he brouuhi. 
her remains to Frankfort, and since then he has bad erected to 



I'ISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY ^l 

lier memory a l)eaiitiful monument of Italian marble. He had 
the work done by the noted sculptor, R. E. Launitz. 

Mr. Cliarles Eugene Hoge, 1845-1019. Contractor for rail- 
roads and public work?. President of Mason & Ford Company, 
later. Hoge-Montgomery Company, shoe manufacturers. Presi- 
dent of State National Bank. President of Frankfort & Cin- 
cinnati Railroad Com])any. President Home Realty Company. 
Director Kentucky Theological Seminary, Center College, Capi- 
tal Trust Com[)any, Central Kentucky Traction efe Terminal 
Company and Commonwealth Life Insurance Company. Mem- 
ber College Board of Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., and Elder 
First Presbyterian Church, I'rankfort, Kentucky. 

Mr. Horatio Pleasant Mason, builder of railroads and pub- 
lic works contractor. President of Mason & Hoge Company. 
President of JNhison & Hanger Company. He built railroads 
and canals in different parts of the United States. Vice-Presi- 
dent of State National Bank. 

Senator Thomas H. Paynter (1852-1921). Was elected 
County Attorney of Cxreenup County in 1872. Represented the 
Ninth Congressional District in the Fifty-first. Fifty-second and 
Fifty-third Congress. He was judge of the Court of Appeals 
in 1894; was Chief Justice in 1906. He was elected to the 
United States Senate in 190() and served one term. 

Dr. Urban Valentine Williams (1888-1920). Was Com- 
missioner of Public Schools for Franklin (])ounty; President of 
the School Board of the City of Frankfort for sixteen years; 
was member of the Faculty of the Kentucky Military Institute 
for several yeai's. AVas President of the Franklin County 
IMcdical Association from the time of its organization until his 
death, and was also President of the Kentucky Midland As- 
sociation for many years. Reprasented the State of Kentucky 
in the National Medical Society at Atlanta, Georgia, by ap- 
pointment of Governor J. C. W. Beckham. He was an eminent 
physician who practiced his profession for more than sixty 
years. 

Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith. AVas Bishop of the 
Episcopal Church. In 1880 he was called to Christ Church. 
Lexington, Kentucky. ?Te was chosen Bishop of Kentucky in 



48 HISTORY OF THE FRANKI'ORT CEMETERY 

ls;i2. iiiul was the Kr.<t Supeiiiitcndeiit of Puljlic Instruction. 
In 1S()S he became the jnesidin^ Bishop of the Protestant 
]!|ii<copaI Church in tlie Tnited States. He died in New York 
City on May olst. lSS-1. lie loved Kentucky and he requested 
th;;t hi'^ remains ><liould lie Irou.iiht hack to rest in her soil. Hi> 
request was comphrd with and after a funeral in New Yoik 
his remains were hroufi;ht to Kentucky and placed in the Stat^ 
Cemetery at P'rankfort and marked hy a monument of New 
England granite, erected to iiis merory hy the Diocese. His 
funeral at Frankfort was one of the most imposing religious 
services ever held in the city; three Bishops and ahout thirty 
Clergymen took i)art in the services. 

•John J. Marshall ( 17So-1846). Ueporter of Kentucky 
Court of Appeals: Circuit Judge; eminent lawyer. 

Martin D. Hardin (17SO-l,S-2:'.). In 1S12 was Major in 
Colonel Allen's regiment of riflemen, ^^'as Secretary of State 
under (unernor Shelby (1812-K)) : was United States Senator 
by appointment of Covernor Slaughter in 1816. 

Col. John J. Hardin. meml)er of Congress from Illinois, 
who was killed at the battle of Buena Vi.sta in 1847, and whose 
name was inscribed on the Stat€ monument by special act of 
the Kentucky legislature, was the son of Martin 1), Hardin. 

Dr. W. B. Rodman, son of (Jeneral John Rodman, was 
one of the ])rominent physicians of America. His first work 
of note was as a lecturer at the Jeft'er.son Medical College. He 
had good address, a good voice and in a short time he became 
one of the noted ])hysicians of this country. In ])ractice he 
was especially successful as a surgeon : he was a pioneer in sev- 
eral successful operations, such as connecting the stomach and 
bowels, and in the removal of tumors. He was at the head of 
his profession in T^hiladelphia. He also wrote the l)iography 
of Dr. Samuel D. (iross. which was a work of considerable 
merit. .\t the time of his death he was President of the Ameri- 
can Medical Association. 

Dr. AVilliam Rodman, son of Dr. Hugh Rodman, was the 
father of the State Board of Health, and was one of its fii"st 
members. 

\. AV. Overton. For se\eral ve;irs was cashier of the I'^irm- 



HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 49 

ei'H Hank, Frankfort, Kenturky. Tn the year 1864 he was a 
cadet at the ^/ircinia Mihtary Institute and was called to the 
.service of the Confederate States in the valley of Virginia and 
on the lines around Riclimond. On the 15th of May, 1864, at 
New Market, he, with the other cadets of Y. M. I., were ordered 
to take a certain Federal battery which had been particular!}^ 
annoying to the Confederate Army. As the cadet corps passed, 
preparing for tlie '-harge, some of the veterans derided and 
made fun of the "infants'" as they were called. The charge was 
gallantly made. As the ranks were thinned l)v shot and shell. 
the lines were more closely drawn, without a waver or a faltering 
footstep these boys, many of whom were not as long as the guns 
they carried, made the cliarge and captured the Ijattery. Out 
of the two hundred and fifty boys, more than fifty of them fell. 
As the cor])s made its return the veterans who had derided the 
''infants" took off their hats and gave them cheer after cheer 
in av'preciation of their gallant conduct. 

Col. .John Rodman, U. S. A. Born February 24th, 1787. 
Died July 11th. 1833. 

Mrs.^ ^^largaretta Brown (1772-1838). Was the wife of 
United States Senator John Brown. She was eminent for 
talents, learning, charity, piety and all the virtues which adorn 
female character. She organized the first Sunday School in 
the Mississi]»i)i valley. 

Lieutenant Anthony Crockett (1758-1838). Was Lieu- 
tenant in the Revolutionary War. When LaFayette was 
severely wounded at the battle of Brandywine. Lieutenant 
Crockett carried him from the battlefield to a place of safety. 
He was a member of Virginia Legislature from Kentucky ; w^as 
later a representative from Franklin County to Kentucky 
Legislature; for thirty years he was Sergeant-at-Arms of Ken- 
tucky Senate ; was a soldier in the War of 1812 ; was buried 
in the Benson church yard. In 1916 his remains were removed 
to the Revolutionary soldier lot in Frankfort Cemetery. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Love, born February 4th, 1762; died 
January 17th, 1846. She was one of the strong characters of 
pioneer days. Her husband was a Major in the Revolutionary 
War. He came to Frankfort with General Wilkinson and 



50 inSTOH\ 0|- TJIF FRAXKFOKT CEMETERY 

helped to lay oil' and e.stal)li.sh the City of Frankfort. .Mr.-. Love 
was remarkalile for her persfonal beauty, social and Christian 
virtues. The Love Hotel, of which -she was proprietor, was the 
most noted hotel in the western country. She entertained 
Aaron Burr and many other noted men. She assisted Mrs. 
Margaretta P)rown in organizing the first Sunday School in the 
Mississippi valley. 

Isham Talbot (1773-1837). Was elected to the State 
Senate in 1812. In 1815 he was elected to the United States 
Senate, and in 1820 he was re-elected. 

Judge Thomas B. Monroe (1791-1805). Represented 
Barren County in the Kentucky Legislature in 1816; was Sec- 
retary of State in 1823 under Governor Adair; was Reporter of 
the Court of Appeals in 1825. In 1834 he was appointed Judge 
of the United States District Court by President Jackson, and 
held that office twenty-seven years. 

General George Bibb Crittenden, son of John J. Crit- 
tenden, served as oflicer in war between Texas and Mexico ; was 
Brigadier-General C. S. A.; Avas elected State Librarian in 18(57. 

Near the Boone monument is a stone marked ''Elison Wil- 
liamson. The friend and companion of Daniel Boone; born 
April lOth. 17()(). in North Carolina: died August 11th. 1850, 
in Kenton County. Kentucky." 

William OX.'onnell iiradley ( 1S47-11»1!). ) A si)ecial act of 
the Kentucky Legislature granted him the right to practice 
law when he was eighteen j'^ears of age. lie was elected prose- 
cuting attorney in 1870; was elected Governor of Kentucky in 
1805, and to the United States Senate in 1908. 

Hon. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (1838-1918). In 1861 ho 
was aide-de-camp to General William Preston. C. S. A. In 
1864 he had an independent command in Mississippi until the 
close of the war. In 1871 he represented Woodford County in 
the State Legislature. In 1874 he was elected to Congress in 
the Ashland District. In 1898 he was elected United State!= 
Senator from Kentucky. In 1900 he was appointed Governor 
of Panama. I\Irs. Teresc Graham, wife of Senator Blackburn, 
is buried near her distinguished husband. On the marker of 



HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 51 

liir^ grave is iiiscrilied: He passed through hfe the friend of 
all. ' 

Hon. James Blackburn, brother of Hon. J. C. S. Black- 
burn, was State Senator and a Major in the Confederate Army. 
Major Blackljurn was highly recommended for the position of 
United States Marshal. President Cleveland indicated that he 
would give him the a})pointment. Aljout that time a letter 
which the Major had written while he was Lieutenant in the 
Confederate Army, and which had been intercepted by federal 
authorities some forty years prior thereto, was published. Thi,>> 
letter told about the great Confedei'ate victory at Shiloh, and 
it further said that he hoped the time would come when he 
■could ride through Yankee blood up to his saddle skirts. This 
idle, boastful wish of the young Lieutenant prevented the ap- 
pointment of the Confederate veteran to the important position 
of ^[arshal. 

Dr. Luke P. Blackburn (LS1(>1887). brother of .T. C. S. 
and -Tames Blackljurn. was located in Lexington in 1835. 
When cholera broke out at Versailles he was the only doctor 
in the State who answered the call for help, all the physicians 
having fled from Versailles or died. Dr. Blackburn located 
there. Tn 1843 he was elected to the Kentucky Legislature 
from AVoodford County. In 1848 when yellow fever appeared 
in New Orleans he again answered the call for help, and he 
Ijuilt a hospital at that place at his own expense. In 1861 he 
l)e'-ame attached a'^ surgeon to the personal staff of General 
Sterling Price, C. S. A. When the yellow- fever visited Memphis 
he volunteered his aid and rendered great service to that city. 
He volunteered in more epidemics of cholera and yellow fever 
than any other man has ever done. 

He was elected Governor of Kentucky in 1879. The 
monument erected to his memory by the Commonwealth of 
Kentucky was unveiled on May 27th, 1891. The Masons con- 
ducted the ceremony, and addresses were made by Hon. Wil- 
liam M. Beckner and Gen. Basil W. Duke. 

Hon. Robert P. Letcher (1788-1861) was a soldier in the 
War of 1812; represented Garrard County in the Kentucky 
Legislature several times. Tn 1822 he was elected to Congress, 



52 IJISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 

.-eiviim in that caidK-ity for twelve years; was Speaker of the 
House of Representatives in 1838; was Federal Judge; was 
elected (Jovernor of Kentucky in 1840. In 1849 he was ap- 
pointed Minister to Mexico. He died January 24th, 1861. 
"Sagacity, integrity, social wit and henignitj' crowned hi> life 
with untarnished honor and rare popularity. His name is his 
best epitaph." 

Hon. Charles S. Morehead (1802-1868) represented Nelson 
County in the State Legislature in 1827, and moved to Frank- 
fort; was ap[)ointed Attorney General in 1832. In 1838 he 
was elected to Legislature from Franklin County; was Speakeif 
of the House in 1841 and 1844. He was elected to Congre>s in 
1847. In 187)3 he Avas again elected to represent Franklin 
County. In 18.").") he was elected Governor. He was a civil 
prisoner, sympathized with the South during Civil War and 
lost a great part of his property. In 1861 he served in Border 
State Convention and as Peace Commissioner at Washington. 

Gen. James Llarlan (1800-1863) was appointed Common- 
wealtlrs Attorney in 1820: was elected to the Lower House of 
Congress in 1837. Was Secretary of State under Governor 
Letcher 1840-1844. In the year 1845 he was elected to the 
House of liej»resentatives in the Kentucky Legislature. In 
1850 he was appointed Attorney General of Kentucky. Later 
lie was appointed Ignited States Di^^trict Attorney. JudLic .lolin 
]\L Harlan. Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 
was a son of General James Harlan. 

Judge George Uohertson McKee (1810-1889) was Circuit 
Judge in Covington District; was an able judge and a strong 
advocate. He was a nejihew of Chief Justice George Robert- 
son. 

James ( ;. l);ina wa> pui)lisher of The Commentator and Tic- 
porter of the Kcutuckv Court of Appeals. 

John H. Hanna was Clerk of the United States District 
Court and a proniinent lianker and business man of Frank- 
fort. Kentucky. 

Cajttain Kd Porter Thompson. C. S. A., was Superintend- 
ent- of Pulilic Instruction and Historian; resigned as State 
Librarian in 1890. He published his "Young People's History 



JHISTOR^ 01^' THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 53 

of Kentucky" in 1897. Prior to that time he if^sued liis excel- 
lent '■Ilii^toiy of The Fir^t Kentucky Brigade" C. S. A. 

Judge Alvin Duvall ("1818-1891) represented Scott County 
in Kentucky Legislature; was Circuit Judge and Judge of the 
Court of Appeals. He was afterwards Clerk of the Court of Ap- 
peals; he was also Reporter of the Court for several years. 

Almost in front of the chapel is found a small marker with 
the simple inscription: "Henry T. Stanton, June oOth, 1834;, 
May 8th, 1808." 

Major Stanton was known as the "Poet Laureate of Ken- 
tucky." He wi'ote numerous short poems, which were collected 
and puhlished in two books: "The Moneyless Man and Other 
Poems," and "Jacob Brown and Other Poems;" his most noted 
w(irk was "The Moneyless Man." These poems gained for him 
a national reputation as a man of letters. Major Stanton was- 
associated with Colonel J. Stoddard Johnson in writing the His- 
tory of Louisville. 

The first verse of his "Moneyless Man" is as follows: 

"Is there no place on the face of the earth 
Where charity dwelleth and virtue hath birth; 
\\Jiere bosoms in mercy and kindness will heave, 
Wliere the poor and tlie wretched shall ask and receive? 
Is there no [)lace at all wlicre a knock from the poor 
Will send a kind angel to open the door? 
Nay, search this wide world wherever you can. 
There is no open door for a moneyless man." 

The fact tliat only a small marker notes the grave of 
Major Stanton, and that so many great men have not even a 
marker to designate their last resting place, the libert}^ is now 
taken to add to this ])oem the following lines: 

Go to the cemetery where the wealth of the mart 
Pfas erected great columns of beauty and art, 
Where shaft after shaft in the glittering sun 
Tell the brave deeds our heroes have done ; 
Where soldiers and statesmen and men of renown. 



54 HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 

After life's weary struggle, can always be found; 
CJo search for a monument and find if you can 
One which was erected to a moneyless man. 

Major Stanton's ''Jacob Brdwu"' is a i)leasing little imagi- 
native story based upon the uncharital)le view which some peo- 
pk' take of Women, illustrating how impossible it is "{o stop the 
ladx'.- t(»ngue." 

His '"Culex 111 Caiiiiin-"' gi\cs a history of "A Mosquito, 
lean and thin," looking for '"Carmine."* what he found and 
what became of him. 

His "Parson (nles" was severely criticised by Dr. II. A. M. 
Henderson. This criticism was the beginning of a sharp con- 
troversy between Major Stanton in the Courier-Journal and Dr. 
Henderson in the Kentucky Freemason. 

His "Self-sacrifice" is a satire which was well received and 
greatly enjoyed at the time of its first publication. 




chaptp:r IV. 

THE NAMES .AND LOCATION OF SOME OF THE XOTED PEOPLE 

BURIED AT FRANKFORT, GIVING THE OFFICES HEL© BY 

THEM. OR OTHER INCIDENTS WORTHY OF NOTE. 

Hon. John Brown (1757-1837) was elected to the Yiv- 
ginia Legislatnre from Kentucky, and was sent to the Old Con- 
gress from Kentucky before it was admitted as a state. He was 
also the first Senator from Kentucky to the Federal Senate. 
He <er\"ed tln-ee terms in the L'nited States Senate. He is buried 
on the first terrace overlooking the city, a few yards south of 
the Boone monument. 

Judge Mason Brown is also in the same locality. 

In the southwestern portion of the grounds can be found 
Captain Benjamin J. Monroe, C. S. A. Born at Frankfort, 
Kentucky, and died at Marshall City, Mississippi, of wounds 
received at the battle of Shiloh in 1862 ; and near him is Major 
Thomas B. Monroe, C. S. A., born at Frankfort, Kentucky. 
July 3rd, 1833: was Secretary of State in 1850: killed at the 
battle of Shiloh, April 7th, 1862. 

Captain John M. Sharp of the United States Navy, was 
drowned in the Gulf of Mexico, May 28th, 1863. His body 
was never recovered, but a nice monument was erected to his 
memory. Near this monument is one inscribed: ''William S. 
Harris. U. S. N., V)Orn in Kentucky in 1800 ; entered the Navy 
in 1815 ; drowned on the Tauxpan Bar in Mexico, May. 1848. 
He was a brave, .skilful and gallant officer, and when in com- 
mand of the Iris, with self-sacrificing heroism, lost his own life 
in a desperate attempt to save that of Commander H. Pickney 
and others. His life was without reproach. His death was a 
becoming illustration of his principles and his profession. His 
body was recovered from the sea and is buried here.'" In that 
same locality is found "Jo.seph Belt, Sr. A Revolutionary sol- 
dier. Born November 30th. 1751. Died September 12th. 
1850." 



56 HISTORY OF Tin: fi;ank!()i;t < kmk'i i;rv 

In that section can be found the last resting place of Dr. 
John McClusky Blayney (1841-1909) ; he was a broad minded, 
patriotic Christian gentleman, who deserves special mention 
because of his services on behalf of Frankfort in the fight for 
retaining the capitol. He was in charge of the Presbyterian 
Church at Frankfort, Kentucky, for many years. 

The'grave of Professor B, B. Sayre is found in the extreme 
southwest corner of the grounds. He was one of the most 
celebrated teachers in Kentucky; his influence Jias been felt 
throughout the State and Nation. He educated, at least in 
part, (general (George B. Crittenden. General Thonjas L. Crit- 
tenden, Governor T. T. Crittenden, of Missouri. Federal Sena- 
tor (ieorge Vest, Senator J. C. S. Blackburn. (Jcneral D. W. 
Lindsey. Judge P. V. Major. Colonel S. T. M. ^hijor. and nuniy 
other men who have been important factors in the government 
of both state and nation. Professor W. O. Crockett, who suc- 
ceeded Prof. B. B. Sayre, taught a private male school for many 
years. A large number of the business and professional men 
in Frankfort at the beginning of the present century were edu- 
cated by him. 

Some of the otlier prominent teachers who are buried in 
these grounds are Professor S. P. Browder, Superintendent of 
the Frankfort Public Schools for many years; Captain John 
Thomas Gaines, C. S. A., who was Superintendent of the pub- 
lic schools in Louisville, and Major Martin S. Harmon (1821- 
1848) of Ohio who taught French and (iermau at the Ken- 
tucky Military Institute. 

Near the Sayre lot is the shaft of Congressman John M'hite 
(1802-1845), who was Speaker of the National House of Rep- 
resentatives; also Judge Harry Tunes, Judge of the United 
States District Court and of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, 
and Judge Van B. Young was Judge of the Superior Court of 
Kentucky. 

Congressman A. Y. Fit/.patrick is buried in Colonel 
South's lot: his grave is not marked. Isham Tall)ot, a native 
of Virginia and a pioneer of Kentucky: "A "Statesman distin- 
guished in law and oratorv : called to tl>e Unitod States Senate. 



HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 57 

Died September the 5tli, 1837, bequeathing his virtue, and 

''"'^ Chief .Tu^tice Caswell Bennett died in 1H94: no stone 
marks his grave. He is buried in the State lot near (Jovernors 
Scott and James T. Morehead. ■ 

(General Scott Brown, Adjutant General under e.overnoi 
Maoothn, is buried in front of the chapel; his grave is not 
marked. He possessed considerable wealth at the time ot his 

death. . , ., ^. ^,. 

(ieneral Humphrey Marshall C. S. A., has a small maikei. 
about twelve by eighteen inches. His grave is located m the 
extreme eastern part of the grounds near the eastern drlve^^ a> . 

.Judge B. Mills, legislator, lawyer and judge, and his wiic 
Cornelia, who was a daughter of Rev. Eli Smith, are buried 
east of the State monument; they were the parents ni l^.vangeU^t 

B. Fay Mills. , . ., 

Richard Knott, and Ann Mary Roberts, his wi e, are 
located just east of the western drixeway. They were the par- 
ents of Colonel Richard Knott, editor of the Louisville I osl, 

who has recently died. 

.John J. Vest and his wife, Harriett, were the parents of 
Federal Senator George Graham Vest of Missouri. Their 
graves can be found east of the State monument near those ot 
Nicholas Smith and wife, Kiziah Johnson, ^^ho were the par- 
ents of Col. Nicholas Smith, one of the editors of the New \ork 
Tribune, and of whom it was said, "'He is the handsomest man 
in America." Col. Smith married the daughter of Horace 

The Frankfort Chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri- 
can Revolution has recently secured a lot located m the ex- 
treme southwestern part of the grounds, for the purpose of 
collecting from all parts of the State the remains of the Revo- 
lutionary soldiers, and eventually to erect a monument to then 
memorv. In this lot has been collected the remains of James 
Russeli; Alexander Wilson, Sr., Colonel Anthony Crockett 
Rev William Hickman and wife, and the Rev. John Gano and 
wife The Rev. William Hickman was justly recognized as 
the first Baptist preacher in Kentucky. He preached at Har- 



58 HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 

lodsburg in 1776, and he preached in ditierent parts of Ken- 
tucky for forty years. For many years during that period he 
was located at Buck Run church near the Woodford County 
line. 

The Hev. .John (xano was the first to Ije huried in the D. A. 
K lot. He was perhaps the greatest Haplist i)reacher who ever 
lived in Kentucky. He was educated at Princeton College, 
and was recognized as being the most learned and eloquent 
preacher in the western country. He was the Hr>l chaijlain of 
the Kentucky Legislature, and there is a well founded tradi- 
tion that he preached the first sernioii ever i)re:iched in Frank- 
fort. Rev, Gano was a chaplain in the Revolutionary Wav 
and so frequently was he found in the \nn in lime of dnnger. 
and so seldom in the rear, that he l»ecanK' known a< "the li-iht- 
ing chaplain of the army." 

The grave of Rev. Silas M. Noel. D.D.. is l(.cateil a slun-t 
distance south of the D. A. R. lot, near (Governor Letcher. He 
was educated for the law and was appointed Associate Circuit 
Judge under the Old Constitution. He was a member of the 
Frankfort Bar, and practiced his profes.<ion with success. 
After a few years he returned to the ministry, where he became 
one of the strongest and most successful preachers the r);ii)ti-t 
Church ever had in ihe State. 

When the great Reformer, Alexander Canipliell. with his 
new doctrine, divided almost every Bapti-st congregation in the 
western country, Dr. Noel was thought to be the only man who 
could hold the Frankfort congregation together and refute the 
arguments of Mr. Campbell. 

Another strong Ba])tist })reacher btn'ied in these grounds 
was Dr. John h. Waller; for many years he was editor of ''Bap- 
tist Banner," ''Western Recorder," "Western Baptist Review" 
and ''Christian Reporter." He was the first president of the 
"]^il)le Revision Association." 

At least three other preachers of national repntalion are 
found here, to-wit: Bishop B. B. Smith. Dr. II. A. M. Hender- 
son and Rev. Philip S. Fall, and there are others of almost 
equal note, such as Rev. George Darsie, Dr. Benjamin Mills, 
Rev. Thomas N. .Arnold. Rev. Thoma- S. Mii.i(.r and Rev. H. IT. 
Kavanaugh. 



HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 59 

About twenty-five preachers, forty-one doctors of medi- 
cine and over eighty lawyers are buried in this cemetery. Many 
of these men had national reputation. 

The biography of John J. Crittenden makes two large 
volumes. If a like biography of all the great men and women 
who are buried here, and who are worthy of such a history 
should be given, they would fill many volumes, and it would 
make the greatest history of Kentucky that was ever written. 

On the brow of the hill just north of the chapel can be 
found the graves of Thomas C. Jones, Clerk of the Court of 
.Vppeals and Minister of the United States to Madeira (grave 
not marked). By his side is Judge William Lindsay, judge, 
statesman and perhaps the greatest lawyer Kentucky has ever 
produced. His grave is also unmarked. Near them is Grant 
Green, .Vuditor of State and Secretary of State from 1860 to 
1865, and across the driveway is R. R. ^IcKee, congressman, 
legislator and lawyer. 

The S. F. J. Trabue lot is the largest of any private owner, 
and it is the only one on which there i- a vault. This vault 
was the work of the celebrated R. E. Launitz. who Iniilt the 
State monument. The angels that guard the entrance to this 
vault are the products of his skill. 

The only mausoleum in the grounds i- that of Frank 
Heeney. recently constructed at a cost of al)out four thousand 
dollars. It is of granite and marble, and has the appearance of 
being a permanent structure. It is located in the eastern part 
of the Catholic ground. 

A very unique monument is the one erected to the memory 
of Thomas N. Lindscy (1807-1877), lawyer, statesman and 
writer. 

Only a few inscriptions can l)e found in any part of the 
cemetery which are out of the ordinary. In this class is that 
of Dan briscoll (18r)r)-1886) , which is as follows; 

"Here lies the l)ody of a much lamented youth. 
For sense distinguished, and esteemed for truth. 
Now he was beginning to bloom. 
lUit alas! he left his mother too soon." 



60 HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 

On another is found ''Keziah B. Johnson. As nnu-li of 
virtue as could die." 

Mr.s. Jane Madison, wife of Governor George Ma<hson. 
is buried in the Madison lot on the brow of the hill near the 
Boone in<jiHnnent. Mrs. M. Train Runyan, a noted teacher of 
younti ladies, and Mrs. Agnes Brawner Franklin, one of the 
noted teachers of Frankfort, and many other excellent women 
are buried in these grounds. 

Mrs. Eudora Lindsey South (1852-1918), teacher and 
author, wife of Rev. J. K. P. South, established Plxcelsior Col- 
legiate Institute in 1878. She ranked well with the educators 
of the Stftte. Her two books. "A^^ayside Note and Fireside 
Thoughts," published in 1884, and ''Luther in Rome." pub- 
lished in 1800. were well received by the reading pui)lic 
throughout tlx' country. She also wrote many ])oems and 
articles for magazines, which received much favorable com- 
ment. 

Mrs Jane Stei»liens Stout ( 1700-1,S72 ). known by the 
many Confederate soldiers whom she befriended during the 
Civil AVar as "Aunt Jane," was a strong southern sympathizer 
and gave liijerally of her time and means to hel]> the South 
in the great int€rnecine struggle. 

.\ great many of the monuments found in these grounds 
aie of artistic design, and some of them were expensive. That 
of Alexander, located near the chapel, is said to have cost ten 
thousand dollars. Those of L. A. Tiiomas. Tliram Berry, 
George B. Macklin, R. P. Pepper, and many others are expen- 
sive and well 'designed. 

Recently the tomb has come into great favor: several very 
handsome ones have been placed here during the past few years. 
In this class can be named that of John W. Rodman. George 
Baker, Rev. George Darsie, (Tovernor Buckner. Wm. K. P>rad- 
ley, and others. 

Including lion. J. C. S. Blackburn. (Jovernor of Panama. 
there are thirteen (Governors bmied in these grounds, t(;-wit: 
Governoi-s Christopher Greenup, Charles Scott, George Madi- 
son. John Adair and James T. Morehead are in the State lot 
about one Innidi'ed feet south of the State monument. 



HISTOKV 01' Till'; Fi; \XKF<>U'r CKMETERY 61 

Governor John J. Crittenden i^ on the first terrace over- 
looking the city. Governor Luke P. Bhickburn is on the 
second terrace near Governor Crittenden. C<ovenior Robert P. 
Letcher is in the same neighborhood, on top of the hill, and 
east of the western driveway. Governor J. C. S. Blackburn is 
buried about half way between the State lot and (Jovernor 
Luke P. Blackburn, Governor Charles S. Morehead is a few 
feet north of the Boone monument. Governors William (). 
Bradley and S. B. Buckner are on the mound due west from the 
State monument, and Governor (loebel i> on the iiortli of tbc 
ground near the entrance. 

A summary of the National and State officials follows: 

"\^ice President: Richard Mentor Johnson. 

Governors: Christopher (ireenup, Charles Scott, George 
Madison, John Adair, James T. Morehead, John J. Crittenden. 
Robert P. Letcher, Charles S. Morehead, Luke P. Blackburn, 
William O. Bradley, Simon B. Buckner, William (loebel and 
J. C. S. Blackburn, Governor of Panama. 

Ministers to Foreign Countries: ALirtin D. Hardin. Alex- 
ander Robertson McKee, Beverly Leonidas Clark, William T. 
Barry. Thomas C. Jones. AMlliam Taylor and Robert P. 
Letcher, 

Secretaries of State: Martin I). Hardin, under ('overiior 
Charles Scott: William T. Barry, under Governor Jo-eph 
Desha: John J. Crittenden, under (lovernor .James T. ^hire- 
head : James Harlan, under (governor Rol)ert P. Letcher; Or- 
lando Brown, under Governor William Owsley: Grant (Jreen 
from 1860 to 1865, under several governors: ^Lison Brown, un- 
der Governor Charles S. Morehead: Thomas B. ^hmroe. under 
Governor B. Magoffin; A. J. James, under Governor Bramlett : 
E. L. Van Winkle, under Governor Bramlett: (xeorge W. Crad- 
d(tck, under Governor Leslie. 

Attorney Generals of State: Isliam Talbott. William T. 
Barry. Owen Glendower Gates, James Harlan. Charles S. More- 
head, John Rodman, A. J. James. P. Watt Hardin, and Solo- 
mon P. Sharp, 

Chief Justices of Kentucky Court of Appeals: Harry 
Tunis, Thomas Todd, William Taylor Barry, of New Court, 



62 HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 

Alviii Duvall, Caswell Bennett, Georue M. BiM>. William Lind- 
say, and Thomas H, Paynter. 

United {States Senators; John Brown, John Ad«ir, W. T. 
Barry, Isham Talbot, Martin D. Hardin, James T. Morehead. 
Richard M. Johnson, John J. Crittenden. WilHani Lindsay. ■ 
William O. Bradley, J. C. S. Blacklnn-n, and Thomas II. 
Paynter. 

State Lilirarians: Joseph J. liullock. Kd Porter Thompson. 
A. W. Vallandingham, G. A. Rol>inson. George Bil)l) Critten- 
den, and Mrs. Cornelia Wheat Bnsh. 

Adjntant (lenerals of Kcntncky : John B. Tilf«»rd. Scott 
Brown. Marene West, Thomas A. Theobold and D. W. Lind- 
say. 

Perhaps no other cemetery in all the world is more beauti- 
fully located than the one at Frankfort. 

The natural scenery of these ground- and their snrntund- 
ings are inisurpassed. To this natural Ijeauly ha- l>ccn addiM] 
much by skilled landscape gardening. The proteclicai wliicli 
has been given to the l)irds in the cemetery has caused many 
varieties to make it their home. 

The excellent superintendent now in cliarge (P>2()). wlio 
is ver.sed in liotany and ornithology, says tlierc arc sixty-two 
varieties of trees now growing in these ground-, all or nearly 
all of wliich are indigenous to Kentucky. 

There are also found about twenty-five varieties of Kiitls 
which mak(> their liomcs. dui'ing the sunnncr -cason. winonLi 
these trees. 

A Hst of the trees include the followiuij, named \arieties: 
The large-^t varieties are the white pine and sycamore, 'idle 
pine was lirought down the river l)y Robert Carmichael, the 
first superintendent of the cemetery, who took charge in ISb",. 
Among the evergreens are tht^ hemlock, juniper, aibor vitae. 
Norway s])rucc and silver fir. The sln-ul) evergreens. 1 ox. 
holly, mahonia, and soutliern magnolia are found Iiere. Tlie 
wahoo is also found liere. There are all the varietie- of tlie 
maple, Norway, red, sugar. Ja]>auese. birdseye and silver. To 
the variegated foliage is added the l»looms of many trees, in- 
cluding the catalpa. both red and white dogwood, junelen-v. 



HISTORY OF THE FK VNKFORT CEMETERY 63 

red bud, horse chestnut, wild cherry and the double bloom 
peach. The maiden hair, white fringe, Normandy poplar, 
smoke tree, purple leaf beech, purple Norway maple and linn, 
black and red haw, ironwood, all the varieties of the catalpa, 
the red elm and English elm. 

The varieties of oaks include red, white, ])in, burr, and 
cork bark. There are the blue and white ash, tulip, poplar, cut 
leaf weeping birch, ]^]uropean larch, varnish tree, service berry, 
willow, boxelder, hickory, Washington thorn, black gum, Eng- 
lish alder, chestnut, sassafras, walnut, Colorado ])lue spruce, 
hackberry, cedar, beech, cottonwood, pecan, butternut, mocker- 
nut, shagl)ark hickory, chinquapin, sugar, rock and winged 
elm, sugarberry, mulberry, osage orange, tulip, cucumber and 
umbrella trees, pawpaw, hazel, w^ild yellow plum, coffee tree, 
yellow bud, leaved hop tree; the hollies, black, red and striped 
mountain maples, l)uckeye, buckthorn, linden. l)asswood, an- 
gelica, tupelo, great laurel, sour wood, silver-bell, red, green and 
black ash, with a profusion of flowering shrubbery in all {larts 
of the grounds; roses of every kind, lilacs, spirea in three varie- 
ties, golden dell, rose of Sharon, crepe myrtle, peonies, several 
kinds of magnolias, snowball, wygelia dentzia and hydrangea. 
The arboretum found here is perhaps more nearly complete 
than that found in any other collection in Kentucky. 

The list of birds which has been gixen includes the fol- 
lowing: Thrush, robin, red-bird, which has been designated by 
James Lane Allen as ''The Kentucky Cardinal," l)lue-bird. 
cat-l)ird, mocking bird, kinglet wren, creeper, warbler, swalloAv, 
finch, humming-bird, oriole, lark and several varieties of wood- 
peckers. There are also found a few squirrels and chipmunks. 

It is difficult to find, on a summer afternoon, a more in- 
teresting place than Kentucky's Necropolis. 

Here lie three poets of national note, two histi»rian<. the 
greatest sculptor America has produced, the greatest scout and 
Indian fighter, whose history sounds like fiction, a great law 
maker who relieved the Nation and the State from that in- 
cubus known as imprisonment for del)t, lawyers, statesmen, 
soldiers, inventors and men of note in every walk of life: here 
is the historv of Kentuckv carved in aranite and marble. 



64 HISTORY OF THE FRANKFOKT CHMETERY 

As you walk through the streets of this beautiful '('iiy ol" 
the Dead." and read the history, the heroic acts, the self-sacri- 
ficing conduct of these men and women, you have a feeHntj, of 
exaltation, and you are impressed with the idea that the ground 
on which you tread is holy ground: that it has been consecrated 
by having deposited therein the mortal remains of the greatest 
and best which the world has known. 

On the day set apart for decorating the graves of Ken- 
tucky's honored dead, June, 1920. the following lines were road 
as a tribute to Kentucky's noted dead : 

KENTUCKY'S NOTKI) DKAD. 

Distinguished dead, Kentucky's honored grcal. 

We come your grave to decorate ; 

Our treasures of frankincense and myrrh 

We place upon your sepulchre. 

You are living still, your honored name 

Is written on the scrolls of fame ; 

The examples of your life so shine. 

They make your grave the pilgrim's shrine. 

Y^'our course of action has defined 

The secret longings of your kind : 

The achieveiuents which you have wrought 

Are the l)est exponents of your thought. 

Brave your deeds, deathless your name, 

Great your fame, as wish could claim ; 

Pure in pur])ose, strong in strife. 

For the common weal you uave youi- life. 

The foundation of this State is laid 
Upon the record which you made; 
Y'our life has been a guiding light 
To teach the world the way of right. 
Those who died on foreign earth, 
Far from the land which gave them birth: 
From the land they went to save 
We claim the ashes of our brave. 



HISTORY OF THE FEANKFORT CEMETERY 65 

Kentucky lias, with generous care. 
Brought home her dead from everywhere; 
With a. mother's love she did create 
Thi's, Westminster Abbey of the State. 
Your sacred dust has in this ground 
A resting place of honor found. 
A place in which l)oth Church and State 
Have dedicated to the great. 

Woman, with true and gallant heail. 
Has always borne as brave a part 
As anyone has ever found 
On tented field or l)attle ground ; 
Always gentle, kind and true, 
Man never failed to find in you, 
As mother, sister, friend or wife, 
The very best there is in life. 

Virtue, inunortal, virtue — woman's name. 
How dim, how shadow-like is fame: 
How weak are all the powers of earth. 
Compared to that which gave you l)irtli? 
Here your precious dust is found 
Near this stone, beneath this mound ; 
In memory of your love and power 
We place thereon a fragrant flower." 




CHAPTER v. 

A ro.>?ter of tlie <oldier^; l)ui'ied in tlie Suite C'eiueteiy. made 
up of all the .soldiei;? who served in the wars of the Nation, this 
list includes many names which have iteen previously men- 
tioned. 

Those who served in the l{e\oluti(jnary \\ ar: 

John Adair, Governor of Kentucky, Aid de Camp to (Jen- 
eral Sumpter;. Major Bland Ballard; Joseph Belt, Sr., served 
five yeai's and seven months, died Septenil)er lOth, 1850, aged 
99 years; Colonel Daniel Boone; John Brown, the first Repre- 
senative in Congress and the first United States Senator from 
Kentucky; General John Caldwell; General Henry Crist; Lieu- 
tenant Anthony Crockett ; Rev. John Gano, Chaplain ; Chris- 
topher Greenup ((lovernor of Kentucky) : Rev. WilHam Hick- 
man, Chaplain; Captain .lohn Howell; Harry Innis, Judge of 
United States District Court; George Madison (Governor of 
Kentucky); Thomas Paxton; James Russell; Brigadier Gen- 
eral Charles Scott : Thomas Todd, Justice of Supreme Court ; 
Elias Williamson, a friend of Boone; Alexander Wilson, Sr. 

Soldiers of the War of 1812-1815: 

Brigadier General John Adair ((governor of Kentucky) ; 
Major Bland Ballard; William Taylor Barry (Chief Justice of 
New Court) ; John B. Bibb; Colonel Daniel Boone; Major John 
J. Crittenden (Governor of Kentucky), on Staff of General 
Hopkins; Col. Anthony Crockett; Joseph Crumljaugh ; Cap- 
tain Thomas Dollarhide; General Peter Dudley; Captain 
Walter Dudley: Major Martin D. Hardin: John A. Holton ; 
Col. Richard Mentor Johnson (Vice-President): Robert P. 
Letcher (Governor of Kentucky) ; Ahijor Gen. George Madi- 
son (Governor of Kentucky): ^lajor Alexander H. Rennick; 
Captain Jolm W. Russell : James Shannon ; Major Solomon P. 
Sharp; Richard Taylor. Jr.. and Samuel Thockmorton. 

Soldiers who served in the Mexican War: 

Major Pliili]) Norbourne Barbour; William W. Bayles, 
killed at Beunn A'ista: L. P.. Bartlett. killed in battle: Capt. 



HISTORY OF TKE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 67 

Oliver JI. 1*. l'>cai(l; A\'illiaiii IMackwell. killed at Beuiia Vi^ita ; 
Enoch Uruloii. killed at Beuna Vista: Col. Simon Boliver 
lUiekner (Ciovcinor of Kentucky) ; Cyrus Calvert; Henry 
Carty. killed at I'euna A'ista; Adjutant G. N. Cardwell, killed 
in hattle: Col. Walter Chiles: Lieut. Col. Henry Clay, son of the 
ureal Connnoner. killed at Beuna ^^ista; Lieutenant Col. 
Thomas L. Crittenden; Surgeon Kiehard Davenport; George 
Davidson: Newlon Dean ; Tilford McH. Dozier, killed at Beuna 
^'!sta: Jlenr\' lulwards. killed at iJeuna Msta; John F. EUing- 
wdod. killed at Beuna Vista; Hum[)hrey Evans; Charles R. 
Featherstdue: Lieut. Col. Ezekiel H. Fields; Major Carey H. 
Fry: B. Stewart (uiyle; Lieut. C. W. Gilmore; Araham Good- 
paster, killed at Beuna Vista ; W. T. Green, killed at Beuna 
Arista,: Col. .Inhn -L Hardin; Ambrose W. Hampton; Col. T. T. 
Hawkins: Ca})t. Llewellyn Harvie; Col. Richard Mentor John- 
son (Vice President): Clement Jones, killed at Beuna Vista; 
R(.liert Latta. killed at Beuna Vista; Col. Humphrey Marshall; 
Capt. Thomas F. ^Lirshall : John C. Unson ; Capt. William H. 
Maxey: John C. McChesney; James H. D. McKee; Col. Wil- 
liam R. McKee. killed at Beuna Arista; Robert McKee; Capt. 
Benjamin Cave Milam; John E. Miles; A. J. Mitchell; Lieut. 
James ^lonroe ; Sim P. Montague ; John Edwin Moore ; Capt. 
James ^V. Moss; Alexander G. Morgan, killed at Beuna Vista; 
]\L\jof Theodore O'Hara. wrote the Bivouac Of The Dead; 
Almus W. Polsgrove, next to the last veteran of the Mexican 
war to die in Franklin County: Lieutenant Joseph Powell, 
killed at P>euna Vista: Ezra R. Price; N. Ramey, killed at 
Beuna Arista; Alfred Read: (L A. Robinson; John Sanders, 
killed at iieuna ^^ista : John A. Scott: James Seston, killed at 
Beuna Arista; John Spratt : William Walker Stephens; John 
Swigert: Lieut. Thos. H. Taylor; C. B. Thomas, killed at Beuna 
"\^ista; J. .]. Tharp, killed at Beuna A'ista; Yves J. Thoreaux, 
joined the army the day before and was killed at the battle of 
P>euna Vista: William fhwaits, killed at Beuna ^'ista; John F. 
Todd: Lieut. Thomas J. Todd; LTarvie Trotter, killed at Beuna 
Arista; Major L^pdike, killed in battle; Benjamin Utterback, was 
the last Mexican soldier in Frankhn County, died 1919; Ad- 
jutant P^dward P. Vaughn, killed at Beuna Vista; Thomas 



68 HISTORY OF THE FRANKVOKT CEMETERY 

Weigert, killed at Houna ^'i<ta : .John Whitelieatl : James White; 
(,'a])tain A\'. T. WilMs. killed at Kemia \'ista : Sergt. Hcnry 
Wolf. killed at Heuna Y'lAa. 

Confederate soldiers in the Civil War, 1861-186'): 
Cai)lain lloliert Allen, .■)th Kentucky Inf.: J. L. Ahholt. 
1S:)C.-U>17, <Uh Ky. Inf.. C. S. A.: .lanii'^ Alley: C. \. Ander 
H.n. 7th Florida Inf.: \l. A. Anderson, Co. H, 2nd Ky. Inf.; 
C. Atkin.<; (leorge K. liacon, 8th Ky. Cav., and scont for Gen. 
Bedford Forest: Major John I*. Haeon ; Ca]»tain William IJean ; 
Lieul. John HiJl. Itli i\y. Inf.; John Berry: Rerbridge Blaek- 
lurn: Col. J. C. S. Bhu-khurn. (iovern(»r of Panama: Major 
James Blaekbnrn, Co. H, 1st Regt. ; Surgeon Luke P. Blaek- 
hurn ((Jovernor of Kentucky): Major Benjamin Blanton. on 
(!en. Hood's Staff: Alexander (i. Brawner. Co. II. 2nd Ky. Inf.; 
Thomas P. Brawner, Co. K. 2nd Ky. Inf.: Jeremiah Bn»\vn. 7th 
Florida Regt.; D. M. Brown. Co. E, 4th Ky. Inf.: Ori.- T. 
Bauknight, Florida Regt.: Lieut, (ien. Simon Boliver I^uckner 
(Governor of Kentucky), Inft. : Col. William T. Bullet. Forest's 
Command; Lieut. George Bibb Burnley, 4th Ky. Inf., killed at 
Murf:eesboro; Capt. Fred Carter; Coleman Carr; F. W. Chris- 
tian, 42nd (Ja. Inf. ; Lieut. A. J. Church. ^>rd Ky. C;,vahy. 
Morgan's Connnand; Robert Church, .'>rd Ky. (^ivaliy; W. 11. 
Church, :)rd Ky. Ca\alry ; R<ibert Cochrane; Major (Jen. (Jeorge 
B. Crittenden: Sergt. James (J. Crockett. Co. F>. 4th Ky. Inf.. 
lost a leg at Jonesljoro. August .'Ust. 1864; A. T. Dudley; L. 
Dailcy. Co. V. Isl Ky. Cav.: .lerry Downing: Lieut. Isham T. 
Dudley. Co. i:. 4th Kv. Inf.; William T. Dudley; Major P.en 
F. Duvall. Surgeon. .")tli Ky. Inf.; Cornelius Duvall. Co. F. 4th 
Ky. Inf.; ^hijor Humphry l"]vans. Tenn. P)rigade; J. K. I>\um. 
Co. F. 4th Ky. Inf.; Robert Fxum ; George Farmer: W. Fen- 
wick; Col. James Fitz])atriek : Capt. Thomas B. Ford. Commis- 
sary Department; Gen. Thompson B. Flournoy; J. Fugate, Co. 

B, '5th Kv. Inf. ; (iage, 6th Florida Inf.; Captain J. 

Thomas Gaines. Co. K, 5th Ky. Inf. ; Capt. W. L. Gray, Miss. 

Reg.; Major J. L. Gil)bons: Glenn, 84 Ga. Inf.: Major J. 

Alex Grant: Tad Gray, Texas Regt. ; Capt. Joseph R. Haddock ; 
W. B. Llammond: David C. Hardin; Lieut. William Hardie: 
Major Lewis E. Ilarvie. A^'a. Brigade: Col. T. T. Hawkins, on 



HISTORY OF TEIE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 69 

Gen. Brec'kenridge'y Staff; James Hayden; S. T. Helind; A. A. 
Henderson, 7th Florida Inf.; Lieut, Col. H. A. M. Henderson, 
Ala. Regt. ; Lieut. Virginius Hendriek, Va. Regt. ; Alexander 
Henry; S. B. Hill, Co. A, 4th Ky. Inf.; Jessie Hockensmith, 
Co. C, ord Ky. Cav. ; N. Horton, shot by order of Gen. Steve 
Burhridge; Chaplain Lewis Hume; Major Geo. B. Hunt, Miss. 
Regt.; Col. .Tilson P. Johnson, on Gen. Breckenridge's Staff; 

John William Johnson, 8th Ky, Cav.; Captain Jones, 

Texas Regt., shot by order of Gen. Steve Burbridge; J. Jones, 
7th Florida Reg.; Thomas Jones, 1st Ky. Cav.; W. L. Jett, Co. 
E, 4th Ky. Inf.; was captured at Shiloh and was exchanged, 
wounded at Chickamauga, was wounded again at Resaca and 
thereby disabled from further field duty; John E. Kirlley; 
Chaplain H. II. Kavanaugh, Otli Ky. Inf. ; 0. Lafferty, shot by 
order of Gen. S. Burbridge; Leslie Lane, Co. 5th Ky. Cav.; 
George W. Lawler, Co. E, 4th Ky. Inf. ; Hugh Leonard ; Luke 
Lewis; Capt. William Lindsay, on Staff of Gen. Forest; Capr. 
John B, Major, Commander of Port at Knoxville; Thomas 
Major, afterwards a Priest in the Catholic Church ; Gen. Hum- 
phrey Marshall; John Marshall; Charles Martin, Co. H, 54th 
Georga Inf. ; T. J. Martin, Co. H, 54th Ga. Inf. ; Gen. C. E. Mer- 
rell, was Col. on Staff of Gen. Hood, brevetted for gallant con- 
duct and commissioned Brig. General, was wounded four times, 
after the war was Editor of the Nashville Banner, Memphis Ap- 
peal and Jacksonville Times ; William INIcCollister, 6th Florida 

Inf. ; INIcCuUock ; John McMahan, Co. D, 9th Ky. Inf. ; 

Alamander Mershon, Co, K, 5th Ky. Inf.; William Moffett; 
Capt. Ben. J. Monroe, Co. E, 4th Ky. Inf. ; Col. Victor Monroe ; 
Major Thomas B. Monroe, 4th Ky. Inf.; Lieut. Col. George 

Monroe; Moore, no marker; Montgomery, no 

marker; John S. Morehead; Frank Morgan; Col. J. W. Moss, 
2nd Ky. Inf.; Clinton Neal; Major Luke C, Norman, 4th Ky, 
Cav.; Col. Theodore O'Hara, on Gen. Breckenridge's Staff; 
James 0. Ragan, Co. E, 4th Ky. Inf. ; Robert Parsons, Co. E, 
4th Ky. Inf.; Adit. John Patten, 1st Miss. Artillery; J. H. Pat- 
tie, Co. K, 5th Ky. Inf.; C. A. Payne; Daniel P. Payne; John 
W. Payne, Sr., Chief Bugler Orphan Brigade ; Major M. T. 
Poe, Scott's Cav.; A. Pool, 31st Ala. Inf.; J. E. Potts, 7th 



70 lUSTORV OF Till' Fi;\NKlX)RT CEMETERY 

Florida Inf.: Thomas T. Price, Co. E, 4th Ky. Inf.; W. T. 
Price, Co. K, Aih Ky. Inf.: Col. John Polk Prior, Ala. Rgt.; 
Capt. S. V. Pence; Sergt. N. M. Pnlliam, Co. D, 2nd Ky. Inf.; 
Anihrose (^uarle?^: K. S. Hay. 6th Florida; Kobert Redd; Lieut. 
James C. UohK. Co. K, oth Ky. Inf.: William Kohh; Major 
John Ivohcrts; Benjamin F. Rogers, Co. K, oth Ky. Inf.; Capt. 
II. r,. Koger.^ Co. I), 2d Ky. Inf.; W. T. Richardson, Co. II, 2d 
Ky. Inf.; Eugene Scearce; George Scearce; Joe E. Scott, Co. A. 
!>th Ky. Cav. : General Preston B. Scott, Co. E, 4th Ky. Inf., 
Me<lical Director "f I)ei)artment ; Thomas \V. Scott, Co. A, 9tli 
Ky. Cav.; William Seay : John W. Shannon; Samuel W. Shan- 
non, Co. E, 4th Ky. Inf.; Simmons; S. F. Smith: Capt. 

E. R. Smith, Commander of (ieorgia Post; Martin South, 5th 
Ky. Inf.; Sam South, 5th Ky. Inf.; Thomas South; Col. J. W. 
South: Lieut. J. K. P. South, preacher in the Christian Church, 
died in February. 1021 : W. J. Sjjencer, 1st Florida Cav.; Jerry 
Spaulding, Co. K. 5th Ky. Inf.. at I)alton,Ga.,he was placed on 
the corps of sharpshootGrs, and was almost daily engaged with 
the enemy for four months; Major Henry T. Stanton, brevetted 
Major for gallant conduct; G. II. Stone; Norton Stoughton; 

Tabor; Brig. Gen. Thomas II. Taylor, Army of Va. ; Ed 

Thomas, Lst Ky. Cav.; Col. B. Tinunons, 2nd Regt. Texas Inf.; 
Capt. Ed Porter Thompson (State Librarian and Historian), 
Oth *Ky. Inf.; Capt. R. A. Thompson (for many years County 
Judge of Franklin County, Ky.), Co. E, 4th Ky. Inf.; William 
G. Thomp.'^on, 2nd Ky. Inf.; II. J. Trabue; William Trabue; 
fifteen graves in the Confederate lot marked "unknown;" 
George R. Valandingham; Washington Weight; Hubbard 
Whittington, 8th Ky. Cav., grave not marked; Capt. Robert 
Wingate; Merrit Williams, Co. E, 5th Ky. Cav.; Sergt. H. C. 
AVilliams, 7th Florida; Granville Williams; Capt. II. Z. Will- 
more. 2nd Maryland Inf.; G. Marsh Woods; R. K. AVoodson, 
Jr., 4th Ky. Inf., killed at Murfreesboro, January 2nd, 1863, 
he became the volunteer color bearer after three others had 
been killed in that famous charge made by Breckenridge on 
that day; Samuel D. Winter; J. Wooley, 5th Ky. Inf.; Lieut. 
G. V^'. Yates, Co. E, 5th Ky. Inf. ; J. Young, 7th Florida. 

The names of the Federal soldiers and commissions held 



HISTORY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 71 

l)y them are as follows: Charles Ames, Co. C, 16th Regt. U. 
S. He.a:ulars; John Angraves; W. M. Arviii; Capt. R. R. Bacon, 
11th Regt. Ky. Cav. ; Capt. Alhert (I. l^aeon, 3rd Ky. Cav., kill- 
ed by Gen. Bedford Forest at Sacramento, December 28th, 1861, 
the Frankfort G. A. R. Post is named for him; Col, J. C. 
Bailey; Ferdinand Piell ; John Bell; Vincent Berberich, Home 
Cuards; George l^erry: Ifiram Berry; Thomas Black; Joseph 
Bohannan, Co. E, 0th Ky. Cav.; J. T. Bradley, Co. B, 1st Regt., 
Capital Guards: William E. Bradley; John Brady; Fielding 
Bransom, Co. E, 9th Ky. Cav. ; Andrew Brown ; Lieut. Col. Or- 
lando l^rown, Jr., Co. F, 22nd Ky. Inf.; Yoder Brown; Charles 
T. Boudinot, 1842-1918, was Sergeant IMajor of 85th Indiana 
Infantry; William Buckley; John Bullin; Dennis Bergin, Co. 
F, 22nd Inf.; John Burk ; Flick Burns; Sonny Burns, Co. F, 
22nd Ky. Inf. ; Morris Ca])les, Co. E, 9th Ky. cliv. ; Major I. N. 
Cardwell, 7th Ky. Inf. ; John M. Coleman, Home Guard ; Ed- 
ward B. Coleman; A. Collier; Col. James W. Craddock, 16th 
Ky. Inf. ; A\^illiam Craik, Co. E, 9th Ky. Cav. ; Major E. W. 
Crittendon ; Col. Eugene Crittenden, 12th Ky. Cav.; Major 
Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden, 3rd Ky. Cav., Buell's Division ; G. 
C. Cmmbaugh, Co. I, 22nd Ky. Inf.; Capt. G. W. Daniels; 
John W. Daniels. Co. E, 9th Ky. Cav.; George Daum, Co. C, 
10th N. Y. Cav.; Richard Davenport; James Dean; William 
Dean ; John B. Dryden, 9th K}'. Cav. : William Duke, Co. E, 
9th Ky. Cav, ; Zach Evans ; Timothy Forbush ; Charles Feather- 
stone; Capt. Lewis Finnell; Major Cary H. Fry; Capt. Daniel 
Garrard, Jr., Co. 22nd Ky. Inf., killed in battle; Bart Gisher, 
Co. E, 9th Ky. Cav,; Philip Goins, Co, H, Frankfort Battery; 
Sandford Goins, Sr., Co. 9th Ky, Vol, ; Sandford Goins, Jr. ; 
George Goldsmith ; George E, Woodwdn, 32nd Regt, Ky. Inf. ; 
Gibson F. Graham, Co. E, 9th Ky, Cav. ; F. M, Graham ; Capt. 
K. Gray, Co. I, 22nd Ky. Inf. ; James Griflie, Co. H, 19th Ky. 
Inf. ; Lieut, D. W. Haley, musician, 5oth Ky. Inf. ; Peter Har- 
mon, Co. E, 9th Ky. Cav. ; Surgeon James T. Hatchett, Post 
]\Iaster at Frankfort for many years ; How^ard Henderson ; John 
T. Henderson, Co. F, 22nd Vol. Inf. ; William Henry ; Lieut. 
Ed. F. Hogg, Co. D, 19th Ky, Inf.; Thos. Hosier, Co. C, 9th 
Ky, Cav.; Wes Hulett; Thomas J, Hutcherson, Home Guard*; 



72 Ill-=;iORY OF THE frankfort cemktery 

John William Jenkin:^; John Geter; Major John G. Keenon ; 
Surgeon T. Keisey; Lieut. Col. Kobt. II. King, Co. B, 3rd K}'. 
Cav. ; David Kirkpatrick, Co. E, !Jth Ky. Cav. ; Frederick 
Kneyer: Gen. I). \V. Lindsey. Adjt. Gen. of Ky. ; Major 
Thonia.^ Mahoney, Co. K, Ulh Ky. Cav.; John Mai-shall ; J. H. 
Mauer; Schuyler Mayhall: Cornelius McCarty, Co. F, 22nd 
Ky. Inf.; Lieut. Joseph L. McClure, Co. C, L5th Ky. Inf.; Capt. 
W. '['. McClure, Co. C, L'th Ky. Inf.; Lucien McKee; Alex- 
ander Mcllwan, Co. E, 9th Ky. Cav. ; J. Fleming Meek, 32nd 
Ky. InL: P.en Merchant, Co. F, 22 Ky. Voh InL ; C. C. Mer- 
chant, Co. F, 22nd Ky. Vol. Inf.; E. M. Merchant, Co. E, t)th 
Ky. Cav.; Taylor Merchant; R. H. Mitchell, Co. E, 9th Ky. 
Cav. ; Brig. Gen. George W. Monroe, 7th Ky. Inf. ; James 
Monholland; Wat Nickols; Andy Norwood; Isaac Osborne; 
Coleman Spilsljee Owens; Major J. R. Pa'i;e, Co. E, 9th Ky. 
Cav.; George Peiffer, 3rd Ky. Inf.; William Peiffer; W. G. 
Purdy; Robert L. Ready; George Reock ; William T. Scott; 
Leon Scott; Major J. M. Scott, died October 2Gth, 1850; W. 
H. Scott; Philip Selbert, musician, 5th Ky. Inf.; Dan Sheehan. 
Co. E, 9th Ky. Cav.; Frederick Smiih; Joseph S.Smith; Samuel 
Smith; Lieut. William IL Sneed, Police Judge of Frankfort, 
Ky., Co. F. 22nd Ky. Inf.; John R. Spires; Col. Lyne Starling, 
2Uth Ky. Mounted ^Inf.; .h>hn Sullivan, Co. E, 9th Ky. Inf.: 
Cai)t. Jacob Swigert, 22nd Ky. Inf.; James R. Tate, 32nd Inf.: 
Col. L. P. Tarlton, Kailroad Commissioner; (^apt. Ivobert Tay- 
lor, 32nd Ky. Inf.: Lieut. L. Franklin Todd. Co. C, 15th Ky. 
Inf., he lost his right arm at Chaplin Hill and was killed at 
Murfreesboro, January 2nd, 1863; Lieut. John II. Todd, 3rd 
Cav.; Capt. Harry I. Todd.; Capt. J. R. Todd; Robert Trumbo; 
John Veach; D. C. Venable; William T. Walls, Co. A. 22nd 
Ky. Inf., died near Black River, Miss., 1868; John Waller, Co. 
E, 9th Ky. Cav.; J. Wallace; Joshua Warren, Co. E, 9th Ky. 
Cav.; Jerome Weitzel; Marine D. West; E. Adelbcrt Wey- 
mouth, Mass. Vol. ; Jessie Whitehouse, 9th Ky. Cav. ; John S. 
Williams, Co. E, 9th Ky. Cav.; Kit Willis; James Willis. 

United States Navy : 

Capt. T. Fred Carter; William S. Harris; Calender I. 



[IISiTOUY OF THE FRANKFORT CEMETERY 73 

J.ewis; Alexander McEwan ; John M. Sharp; Chester Brooks, 
marine corps, died February, 11)21. 

Soldiers of the Spanish-American War: 

Lieut. William N. Bridgeford; Herd Brown, William Cul- 
ter, Cad Davis, J. I). Davis, John B. Kingkade, Clarence Mc- 
Daniel ; C. M. Nethertcm, A. D. Quire, Andrew Salender, Buell 
Taylor, 

Soldiers of the World War: 

Frank Busam, Harry T. Conroy, William Chism, 149tli 
Inft., 48th Division, died at Brest, France, March 11th, 1919; 
Cliarles Dickey; Orvid Derrick; James Harris; Thomas Miles; 
Otho B. Marlow; Newland Moffett Shryock; Walter White; 
Samuel E. Williams, and Major Frank M. Scanland; Lieut. 
William McEwan, son of Rev. W. L. McEwan, D.D.; Miles 
Ragland, Stewart Hosier; Eugene Mitchell, Navy. 

In addition to the above lists, which includes some of the 
names given below, the following are given to make more cer- 
tain the character of service rendered : 

Sylvester Welch was chief engineer of Kentucky from 
1837 to 1842; Marine D. West, Quarter Master General Marine 
of the United States; Calender J. Lewis, Paymaster in the 
United States Navy; Captain Breckenridge F. Blackburn died 
1867, aged thirty-five years; Gen. Ambrose W. Dudley, Quar- 
ter IMaster Gen. of the United States for fifteen years; Col. E. 
H. Taylor, U. S. A. ; Col. John Rodman, U. S. A. ; General Wil- 
liam Hardin, 1840, United States; Lieut, Presley Ne\dl 
O'Banion, Algerian War; Lieut. John J. Crittenden, on Stall 
of Gen. Custer and was killed by the Indians June 2oth, 1876, 
at the Little Big Horn when Gen. Custer with sixteen officers 
and three hundred enlisted men were massacred bv the Indians. 



74 HISTORY OK TllF FTJAXKFORT CKMKTKRY 

PRESENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 

John W. Milam, President, W. F. Dandridiie, 

Thomas P. Averill, Secretary. W. Pruett (iraliam, 

J. William Pruett, Treasurer. J. Swi^jert Taylor, 

George L. Payne, Henry Craik, Superintendent. 

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS IN 1890. 

BOARD OF TRISTEES. 

E. L. Samuel, J. M. Todd, 

S. C. Bull, W. n. Waggoner, 

W. T. Reading, W. .J. Chinn, 

D. W. Lindsey. 

OFFICERS. 

E. L. Samuels, President. S. C. Bull, Secretary. 

W. T. Reading, Treasurer. William Craik, Sui»erintendent, 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

E. L. Samuel W. J. Chinn, D. L. Lindsey. 

FIXA^X'E COMMITTEE. 

^V. II. Waggoner, J. M. Todd, S, C. Bull. 

All of these officers are now huried in these grounds : 
E. L. Samuel, 1908; D. W. Lindsey, 1917; W. J. Chinn, 
1892; Ben C. Milam, 1904; William T. Reading, 1912; J, M, 
Todd, S. C. Bull, W. H. Waggener, William Craik. 



